For a while now since I have joined #FungiFriday, I have been seeing fungi growing mostly on dead trees or stumps and on an Agoho tree. When we were on a walk at the park one time, I just happened to see these brown-orange rust-like spots on one of the Paperbark trees (Melaleuca quinquenervia) that line the park.
According to Brittanica:
Paperbark tree, any of several small trees belonging to the genus Melaleuca, in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), characterized by their whitish papery bark. They are native to Australia and nearby islands.
Melaleuca quinquenervia, also called punk tree and tea tree, grows to a height of 8 metres (25 feet); it has spongy white bark that peels off in thin layers.
M. leucadendron, also called river tea tree, is sometimes confused with the former; its leaves provide cajeput oil, used for medicinal purposes in parts of the Orient. The common name swamps paperbark is applied to M. ericifolia, which often grows in clumps, and to M. rhaphiophylla. These shrubs and small trees are sometimes cultivated in warm areas for their whitish to yellowish terminal flower clusters.
I like the name punk tree.
Trees are somewhat easier to identify than fungi.
The first five photos were taken on that one particular Paperbark tree. The rest were taken from different parts at the Botanical Garden.
The second to the last photo has a pinkish tinge to it. I just can't take a better photo of it for it was growing where I can't properly reach it. It would benice to take a closer look at it because it is my first time to see such fungi with that color.
So there goes my #FungiFriday hosted by @ewkaw.
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