OuiSi Nature card 72: Red Tree Brain Fungus. Photograph by Meg Madden The whole photograph behind card 72: Red Tree Brain Fungus. Photograph by Meg Madden

OuiSi Nature · Card 72

Red Tree Brain Fungus

Peniophora rufa

Location
Middlebury, Vermont, USA
Date
March 4, 2021
Photograph byMeg Madden

Description

While red tree brain fungus can be pathogenic, causing disease in trees of the aspen family, it is also saprobic. Saprobes are an essential part of the planet's recycling crew in that they break down dead organic matter such as leaves and wood, making the nutrients once again available to plants and other organisms.

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Red Tree Brain Fungus

Photograph by Meg Madden