Dyer's Polypore and Zigzag Goldenrod

The mushroom at the base of this white oak tree is a dyer's polypore (Phaeolus schweinitzii).  It popped up to surround the zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) in the middle of the picture. The big dyer's polypore section in the left of the picture is concave enough that it is holding water like a birdbath.  Green algae is growing in the water.  The plant on the right is Lonicera maackii. This white oak tree is in Moyer-Gould Woods in Carroll County, on high ground at the edge of a ravine.  A spring emerges directly below the tree keeping it perpetually watered.  Along with the goldenrod the polypore surrounds a dead stem of Osmorhiza.  Picture taken September 22, 2013. 

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