beefsteak or ox-tongue fungus aka fistulina hepatica just emerging from an oak tree stump.

beefsteak ox-tongue fungus aka fistulina hepatica emerging oak tree stump specimen young exude red blood-like juice amazing autumn background beautiful beauty beefsteak bloodred botanical botany bracket closeup color edible environment fistulina fistulinaceae fleshlike food forest fungi fungus gills growing growth guttation guttation process hepatica macro medicinal moss mushroom mycelium mycology nature oak organic outdoor parasite parasitic polypore pores red season stump trunk wild wood woodland