Oct 20, 2024 · Ganoderma lobatum is a common, wood decaying, bracket fungus. It occurs in North America, Central America, and South America, and there are scattered sightings in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and Australia. In the United States it occurs east of the Great Plains and in the Pacific Northwest. The genus Ganoderma is said to be ...

Polypore is a term applied to fungi that produce basidiocarps that are predominately tough, leathery to woody, relatively large (mostly over 3 cm diameter), and typically grow on live or dead trees, logs, stumps and branches on the ground.

Mar 9, 2024 · This species is a type of bracket fungus, meaning it grows on trees. It has a golden yellow color to it and a shelf-like structure with tube-like pores in the undersurface. During early growth, this fungi can be eaten and has a chicken-like taste to it (although, some also say it tastes like crab or lobster!), which is how it got its common name.

Ganoderma oregonense (also known as the west-coast reishi, western varnished conk, lacquer fungus, and/or American ling-chi) is a species of bracket fungus that causes root and butt white rot in conifers in northwestern coastal North America, [2][3] including California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska. [4] .

Here is a field guide you can use on your iPhone or Android smartphone using the iNaturalist app to identify the mushrooms you discover in the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. Identifying and cataloging the mushrooms you find in the forest is a great practice for improving your pattern recognition skills and cultivating eco-mindfulness. 1.

This key is designed to allow people to find the appropriate Pacific Northwest Key Council key for an unknown mushroom, and to provide descriptions for those species that do not fall naturally into one of the keys.

This document is a compendium of Pacific Northwest and Northern California mushrooms arranged alphabetically by scientific genus/species names. Each entry also includes the family name, group name, and if available, the common name(s) and other name(s) or synonyms.

Conks are also known as shelf fungi or bracket fungi. They are members of the fungus kingdom which includes mushrooms, molds, and yeast. Conks are the spore producing fruiting structures of a fungus. They are found growing on tree trunks and limbs, stumps, fallen logs, and even on structural lumber.

Jan 11, 2022 · Unlike most of the bracket fungi I’ve profiled here, Gloeophyllum sepiarium is a brown rot saprobe, rather than a white rot saprobe. This means that it breaks down the cellulose in the wood, but leaves the lignin behind, rather than producing enzymes

Feb 14, 2023 · Green Cheese Polypore is a common bracket fungus. It occurs in Europe and North America. In the United States it occurs east of the Great Plains and in the Pacific Northwest. It is found from spring through fall alone or in groups but not clustered (gregarious). It grows on both living and dead wood of oaks and other hardwoods.