Is there a fungus among us? Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/26/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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A popular place after a snowfall. Bring your sled! A small container, not much room.

Shelf fungi make shelves or brackets to produce spores above the ground. They are known as polypores (many pores) because the spore-producing cells line pores. The pores make them different than many mushrooms. The spores have to drop down the pore into the air without sticking to the sides. Shelf fungi are woody, leathery or fleshy. They add a new layer of spore tissue every growing season. These layers look like growth rings in a tree. The shelf fungi are a major wood rotting group. Once a tree is infected, the fungus cannot be killed. They cause millions of dollars in damage through lost wood production and lumber decay. Shelf fungi have various uses. Artists use shelf fungi to make etchings and beads. Shelf fungi are used as herbal medicines. A bag on the body of the 5,300 year-old Ice Man mummy contained pieces of Piptoporus betulinus. This shelf fungus when eaten causes diarrhea. from http://herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/funfacts/shelffungi.htm
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