Over on one of my recent Instagram posts, we had a bit of a discussion about how fungi can affect trees, and create some amazing colouration and patterns in the timber. Since then I've had some questions about the topic so thought I'd put together a couple of blog posts on it! Polyporus squamosus, otherwise known as Dryad's Saddle, is a fungus that forms in clusters and tiers on broad-leaved trees with the fruiting bodies appearing in summer and autumn. Although edible the fu