Fungifriday - Ruddy Panus on Dead Mango Stem

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now I feel happy, the rain that fell these two nights brought blessings to me.
with rain, mushrooms grow, with mushrooms, I can follow #fungifriday which was initiated by Hive account@ewkaw

the mushrooms that are found this time, really provide an opportunity for me. Because the mushrooms are large, I don't need a macro lens, especially since I don't have one. Even with a makeshift cellphone camera, I can still capture the mushrooms that grow on the dead mango stems.

An article, I've read said that this mushroom can be consumed although it is not an option.

From my search on the wildwoodpark that this mushroom is also called Lentinus strigosus in some field guides.
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Small mushrooms, 1 to 5 inches wide. Cap pink to purple when young, fading to brownish, densely hairy with small white hairs. Cap margin rolled when young. Gills running down the stalk, sometimes pink or purple when young, but becoming white. Stalk also hairy, usually off center, sometimes branching at the base. Fruits spring through fall.
Grows on and decays recently dead wood of hardwoods. Occasional in Wildwood.
The pinkish to purplish tints, off center stalk, fuzziness, and habit on wood make this species distinctive.
This is a very odd fungus. Although DNA evidence shows it to be a polypore, it has obvious gills instead of pores. The evolution of pores versus gills is still not well understood.