It is a very nice looking and beautifully shaped fungus. To be honest it looked pretty cool to me especially the upper part looked like a hand or a toe. Such fungi are very common. I found its name Lingzhi by searching on Google. Also when I searched on google and found out that it is very rare and very nutritious. And a kind of powder is made from it though I didn't know before. However it fascinated me because of its hand or toe-like appearance and I happened to see it and photograph it while I was walking around our backyard a while back.
These are looking different from other fungi. Although fungi are eaten in many places, we do not eat these types of fun here because many people think they are poisonous. But when I lived in a hilly area two years ago, I used to see hill people collecting different kinds of mushrooms from different hills and selling them in the local market and many people bought them. But to be honest in our rural areas such mushrooms are not appreciated or many people do not know that mushrooms can be eaten. However, they were really amazing to see, especially when many mushrooms were growing together. In particular, we have a pond in the back of our house and there are often mushrooms that are found on the banks of the pond, which are really amazing and I like them very much.
