Bear Bread Fungus Math
A form of folk art originating from kodiak island alaska.
Bear bread fungus math. Brackets can range from only a single row of a few caps to dozens of rows of caps that can. Bracket fungi or shelf fungi are among the many groups of fungi that compose the division basidiomycota characteristically they produce shelf or bracket shaped or occasionally circular fruiting bodies called conks that lie in a close planar grouping of separate or interconnected horizontal rows. It is removed from the tree and painted or carved on the white portion underneath. Bear bread also known as artist s bracket is a fungus that grows in and on trees.
Here is a perennial species that clearly has an effective survival strategy and can live well over a decade. My husband found this bear bread under the damp fall canopy of southeast alaska s rainforest where the fungi proliferate. It is a fungus that grows on trees. If you cut a specimen in half the number of layers reveals the age like tree rings.
Image of grow conk europe 197380327. Home science math history literature technology health law business all topics random. Photo about ganoderma applanatum artist s bracket bear bread fungus on tree stump closeup selective focus. Hair removal with other methods is less likely to lead to tinea barbae.
The scientific name for this species is ganoderma applanatum. Remove facial hair if tinea barbae is a problem. Try not to touch the face after touching animals without first washing the hands thoroughly. In southeast alaska we call this bear bread.
Ganoderma applanatum the artist s bracket artist s conk or bear bread is a bracket fungus with a cosmopolitan distribution. Kay and dated 1989. Artist s conk ganoderma applanatum is a humble but fascinating fungus. The fungus grows within the wood of trees both dead ones and living ones and will eventually form a fruiting body known as a conk the conk is white at first but will soon turn to a reddish brown color.
Why is bear. It is ubiquitous not only in the northeast but in the majority of american and canadian forests and suburbs. Here s a spectacular looking fungus. Tree shelf fungi also known as bracken bear bread conk or horse hoof is wood burned or etched.
Here in the panhandle of alaska artists use it as a canvas. Remember that the hair must only be used with a clean razor. Bear bread my husband harvested in early december 2010 while on a deer hunting trip. People who are.
Bear bread is a type of chaga fungus. We harvest them when they are heavy with moisture dry them until they are very light in weight and paint on the smoother front.