Dear Aletha, As pointed out by Nayan Singh ji, this fungus is *Ganoderma lucidum*. The surface is hard and appears to be polished. The undersurface is porous, so are members of polyporales. These are wood rotting fungi. Regards, Dr IK Sethi
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Nayan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > i don't thinks any thing is oozing out, it seems to be part of the fungus, > the fungus may be Ganoderma sp. > thanks > > Nayan > ................................................ > N.S.Dungriyal IFS > Chief Conservator of Forests > and Field Director > Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad > M.P. > 09424792100 > > ------------------------------ > *From:* aletha <[email protected]> > *To:* indiantreepix <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, 7 September, 2009 12:28:43 PM > *Subject:* [indiantreepix:17832] Mushroom with some brown oozing? > > > Hi, > > Provided here is a link to a Mushroom, shot in Panchgani, hill station > in Maharashtra, with the central part which had this brown sap/ozzing- > thick sluggish liquid. Could this be part of the tree sap? > > Can someone explain how this is being created? > > http://picasaweb.google.com/atavares/Florafauna1#5356473411029299234 > > > Thanks > Aletha > > ------------------------------ > Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click > here <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_cricket_2/*http://cricket.yahoo.com>. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
