Anyone for Steak?

I took a wander through Hartley Wood today, mainly for a walk as I didn't really expect to see anything, but am always hopeful for fungi at this time of year. 

I hadn't gone very far when I spotted this very red bracket fungus growing on a tree trunk. From a Google search this seems to be a young beefsteak (or ox tonge) mushroom, so called because it resembles a slab of meat when mature, and even oozes "blood" when cut!  Apparently it is edible and considered choice by some ... I don't think I'd chance it.

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