Wednesday, 2 July 2008

King Alfred's Cakes or Daldinia concentrica



This fungus is very hard and carbonaceous much like a lump of coal. When you section Daldinia concentrica through the middle, you can see concentric zones. These zones each represent a season's growth, much the way tree rings represent a season's growth.

info and photo: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu

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