INDIANA MUSHROOMS
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus
This beautiful dried specimen
measured 5 cm across.  Found in
Brown County; fall.
These fresh examples of the red polypore were found growing from a
cherry log in early March.  Monroe county; Clear Creek Trail.  
2008 entry:
2007 entry:
These mature examples deteriorated due to continuous wet conditions.  Dry
conditions will sometimes preserve this shelf mushroom with it's brilliant coloration.