Thanks for coming out to the @shoalcreekconservancy Fungi Tour with us yesterday! The choice edible mushroom, Chicken of the Woods Laetiporus was roosting high in many of the heritage live oak trees that make Shoal Creek such a beautiful place.
Since this mushroom is parasitic in Central Texas, we made sure to harvest it and knock it out of trees.
We observed several other decomposers including Favolus brasiliensis and Phellinus gilvus. Decomposer or Saprophytic fungi recycle nutrients back into the forest and are a huge part of the reason we all have a surface to walk on.
Learn more about Chicken-of-the-woods of Central Texas.
Shoal Creek Fungi Tour