12.20.25 Armour Square Park, Chicago, IL

 


Hiratake (aka Winter Oyster or Pleurotus Ostreatus)

I've been searching for this species for months, trying to find at least just one. And then I found a tree covered with them! They are pretty old and dried up.
 
Hiratake. He-rah-tah-kay.

Hiratake

Turkey-tail top of cap

Turkey-tail pores

Turkey-tail pores close-up

Turkey-tails from the front

Turkey-tail pores and upper surface growing as a crust

Unidentified Polypore

Landscape

Landscape with more trees


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