Lab 5 Journal: Fungi --- Kristie Hui

On 6th October I had another lab session at Jeanne-Mance Park where we got to walk into the trees for fungi observations. One that caught my attention was the Trametes cubensis. It is a bracet fungus and belongs to the family Polyporaceae [reference: Global Biodiversity Information Facility, https://www.gbif.org/species/2548276]. Though it was found isolated and dried, getting a little rusty and probably in decay, its relatively huge size (about palm size) and hemispherical shape stood out from the rest. Recently, there is a still a debate as to whether this fungus is the species cubensis or lactinea, whether these are the same fungus, or whether one has been mis-identified. An accurate ID would still require further researches on its characteristics, mostly by compare and contrast with other fungi species.

Posted on October 20, 2021 05:31 PM by kristiehui