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Bracket: Large Bracket Fungus, Nelson Lakes
Fungi: Bracket: Large Bracket Fungus, Nelson Lakes
Ganoderma sp. About 200 mm across. The black colouration of the bark is sooty mould, which feeds on the honeydew excreted by the little scale insects embedded in the beech tree's bark.

December 2001