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Bracket colony among ferns
Trametes or Stereum Genus
Angles captured. 2 frames of one subject.
Morphology
A dense line of small thin pale cream to buff brackets, each 1–3 cm, shelving closely along a fallen branch among Christmas fern.
Habitat & substrate
A fallen branch in a fern glade.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
Too small and distant to separate the usual pair.
To confirm this identification
A close view of the underside.
Found at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, MA on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at 09:52. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
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Small zoned bracketTrametes sp. · Jul 31Moderate–high
Cinnabar polypore on oakPycnoporus cinnabarinus · Aug 1High
Orange-gilled bracket on a logTapinella or Phyllotopsis · Aug 6Moderate
Brown cap on a birch logUnidentified · Aug 6Low
Zoned brackets on rockTrametes or Stereum · Aug 6Moderate
Birch polyporeFomitopsis betulina · Aug 6High
Cinnabar polypore on a stickPycnoporus cinnabarinus · Aug 6High