Tree mushrooms-beautiful but dangerous

Can mushrooms harm the trees in the forest?
Especially in autumn, some mushrooms from the forest are very popular as edible mushrooms. However, mushrooms can also attack trees.

The so-called tree fungi are beautiful to look at, but they pose a danger to trees. When they attack living trees on leaves, needles, wood, bark or roots, they can weaken or even destroy trees.

In this forestry guide, we look at the extent to which fungi can damage trees and what symptoms of disease the tree may show. What can be done about damaging fungal infestations?

What are tree fungi?
Fungi are widespread. Along with plants and animals, they form the third major kingdom of living things, combining characteristics of plants and animals. Like plants, they generally cannot move on their own, and like animals, they feed on organic materials.

In the Middle Ages, some fungi were even credited with healing powers. Some herbalists used them as ingredients for their natural medicines. Most fungi found in the forest are useful or at least harmless. However, some of them can cause great damage to trees.

Almost everyone has seen tree fungi. They sometimes look gray and sometimes beautiful and adventurous. Tree fungi in the true sense are all fungi that grow on living and dead wood in nature.

What you can observe while walking through the forest is only the fruiting body (called a console), which houses the spores that the mushroom uses to reproduce. The actual fungus is the mycelium, a dense, thread-like, mostly invisible root network that runs through almost the entire wood of the infested tree.

Anyways, I still think they're kinda beautiful...so I got some photos for you...

Now as always thanks for reading and Cu next time...and Of course I hope you liked my pictures...
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