paghat wrote in message ...

They're only about two inches or two & a half inches wide, quite thin, &
strongly striped. They growing native here on west side of Puget Sound
geographically near the rain forest. The decaying round they're growing on
is fir. I'd settle for being sure of the genus, but if anyone can judge
the species from just photos, great.


Look like Many Zoned Polypore (Trametes versicolor) to me. Very common
fungus perhaps the most common fungus, in the uk anyway. Very variable too
but always with the characteristic zones on top, hence the name. Some people
believe it has medicinal value, strengthening the immune system when made
into a tea. Don't go making a tea with it though because I might be wrong
and it may be poisonous!

I'm going to preserve this spot as-is so that the brackets continue to
grow. I think they're gorgeous.

Yes they are nice aren't they. I found some last year which had blue zones
on it which you can just about see in this picture I took.

http://website.lineone.net/~treelike/0844.h5.jpg