Bracket Fungi

Curry Punk Photographer - Bruce Fuhrer

Curry Punk
Piptoporus australiensis

This large orange bracket fungus is usually found on dead wood after fire.

The fungus has a distinct curry-like odour which persists in dried specimens.

Bracket fungi are important decomposers of woody debris in wet forests.

Grifola Bracket Fungus Grifola campyla Photographer - Bruce Fuhrer

Grifola Bracket Fungus
Grifola campyla

A common tough-textured multi-shelved bracket fungus found on lower trunks of trees and dead stumps.

Drops of amber-coloured fluid hang from the lower pore surface.