fomitopsis pinicola pokes its head out of the snow in anticipation of spring.

anticipation background banded beautiful biology body botanical bracket brown close close-up closeup colorful coniferous conk decay detail ecology europe fomitopsis food forest forestry freezing fresh frost fruit fungal fungi fungus hand head host ice leaf macro medicine mushroom mushrooms mycological mycology natural nature outdoor outdoors parasite pine pinicola pokes polypore pores red red-belted rock season snow soil spring texture tinder trunk white wild wildlife winter wood