Ganoderma applanatum

Artist's bracket
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Ganodermataceae
Genus: Ganoderma
Species:
G. applanatum
Binomial name
Ganoderma applanatum
(Pers.) Pat.
Synonyms
  • Boletus applanatus
  • Elfvingia applanata
  • Fomes applanatus
  • Fomes vegetus
  • Ganoderme aplani
  • Ganoderma lipsiense
  • Polyporus applanatus
  • Polyporus vegetus
Ganoderma applanatum
Mycological characteristics
Pores on hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium is decurrent
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is brown
Ecology is parasitic
Edibility is inedible

Ganoderma applanatum (the artist's bracket, artist's conk, artist's fungus or bear bread) is a bracket fungus with a cosmopolitan distribution.

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