We found this interesting tree fungus as we walked near our home, and I decided to play with a Really Fat pencil lead to sketch it — a 5.6 mm lead in a wood lead holder Bill’s cousin Mike made for me. Then I added a watercolor wash, hopefully to set the graphite so it won’t smear.
Looking online, I was able to identify the fungus as “Dyer’s Polypore” also called Velvet Top Fungus. It grows low on tree trunks and can cause conifers to rot. Color ranges from yellow to a deep reddish brown, and has yellow-green spores underneath, used in dying yarn.
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