Dead Man's Fingers

Gail Ruhl, Plant Disease Diagnostician

Commonly called "Dead Man's Fingers," this wood-rotting mushroom( Xyllaria. polymorpha) lives as a saprobe on decaying hardwood stumps and logs.

dead mans fingers

Dead man's fingers

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Further Online Information:

Xylaria polymorpha at Fungi of Poland

 

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