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Colorful shelf fungus grows in the Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary, Kaloko Mauka. Also known as tree bracket fungus, which forms at the base of trees, shelf fungus usually live as long as the tree it infects. (Elizabeth Weintraub/Community contributor)