Lentinus tigrinus

A few days ago, while walking along the edge of a small river on the outskirts of the village forest, I found a group of mushrooms growing on a rotting log. The distinctive feature that immediately caught my attention was the striped pattern on the surface of the mushroom cap, resembling a leopard pattern—a typical characteristic of the Lentinus tigrinus mushroom.

This mushroom has a white to pale cream colored cap with irregular dark brown spots, like a tiger motif, which is where the name "tigrinus" comes from. The hood is round and wide, the surface is slightly scaly, and the edges are slightly wavy. The lamellae at the bottom of the hood are white and quite close together. The stems are sturdy, slightly hairy, and grow attached to wood, not directly from the ground.

I found it in the morning, after it had rained all night. Humid conditions like this are ideal for the growth of saprophytic fungi such as Lentinus tigrinus, which play an important role in the process of decomposing dead wood in the forest.

NOTE: I first wrote the article above in Indonesian, which is my own language, then I translated it using English with the help of Goggle.