The tree stump has been at the end of the lane for several years, but I don’t recall ever seeing bracket fungi on it until yesterday…
“Nature doth thus kindly heal every wound. By the mediation of a thousand little mosses and fungi, the most unsightly objects become radiant of beauty.” (Henry David Thoreau)
Unexpected in common hours 
Isn’t it fascinating how they can “spring up” overnight!? I would love to do a time-lapse photo sequence of a big fungus growth like this expanding!.
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So many things appear here one year and then never again, but I suspect this fungus will be back next year, too. Yes, a time-lapse sequence would be quite interesting to do!
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They look like mushrooms.
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They are, in fact, a type of mushroom, and I read that some of these are edible or at least are not toxic if eaten. But I’m not going to eat any!
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What do they call those brown/black mushrooms that grow on trees?
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I don’t know. I know the ones called oyster mushrooms and honey mushrooms grow on tree bark, but they’re not brown or black.
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