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saprophytic fungi are fruit bodies that destroy and infect wood and tree trunks with their formations.

Nectria sp oe Coral Spot or Nectria Canker. saprophytes on dead wood

white plaque in the aquarium. A colony of saprophytic bacteria in water.

photo of fungi hyphae with spores under the microscope

Climacocystis borealis is a poroid fungus growing on spruce trees in old- growth forests

Saprophytic fungus on a dead tree stump.

A rare terrestrial saprophytic orchid blooming from the dark organic soil in a shaded tropical forest.

02-18-2026 Monte SanVito (It): Saprophytic Mushroom

Bird's-nest orchid stands tall in a forest its saprophytic stem brown and textured among fallen leaves surrounded by vibrant green undergrowth and trees.

Saprophytic fungus growing out of a stone wall.

Cinnabar polypore (Pycnoporus cinnabarinus) belongs to the order Polyporales, family Polyporaceae. Cinnabar polypore is a saprophytic, white-rotting, orange-colored fungus that grows on decaying wood.

Close-up of bread mould, an Ascomycete, Rhizopus species, fungus on stale bread slices. Brownish sporangia forming a miniature forest.

relatively abundantly, individually or less often even in smaller clumps, from May November on dead trunks of deciduous trees, especially birches, lindens and beeches, sometimes sawdust saprophytism

02-18-2026 Monte San Vito (It): Saprophytic Mushroom

A brown saprophytic bird nest orchid Neottia nidus avis spike rises from the dark green leafy floor of a beech forest in early summer.

Pearl oyster mushroom on the tree.

Neottia nidus-avis, commonly known as bird's-nest orchid, a unique saprophytic orchid with pale brownish-yellow flowers and leafless stems in a shaded forest environment.

Bird's Nest Orchid - Neottia nidus-avis
New unopened flower spike in Cotswold Beech woodland

Polypores or conks, parasitic mushrooms on ficus tree roots

Sclerotium rolfsii Plant Pathogenic Fungi Culture on potato dextrose agar

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