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Ochre-yellow blob on dead trunk of pine. It has purple liquid leaking from pores visible on the surface.

Ochre-yellow blob on dead trunk of pine. It has purple liquid leaking from pores visible on the surface.

Immature fruiting body of a cinnamon bracket. #hapalopilusrutilans is a polypore with neurotoxic effects. It bleeds this lovely purple and is used as a natural dye. Found in #hamont. It looks quite alien and otherworldly to me.
#fungifriends #naturephotography #mycosky #ecology #ontariobiodiversity

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