Beehive so the red belted polypore sure enough was growing out of that tree with a bear scratch that we saw so in a sense the timber industry is correct this is a parasitic fungus that kills the trees and then grows Sacre physically well also interesting the mycelium breaks down pesticide herbicide and fungicides okay so that's another box another experience I had the garden now hiking the old-growth forest a bear scratch I looked into the you know why the timber industry was trying to kill the bears then this article comes comes