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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Polyporales: Ganodermataceae: Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat.

Ganoderma applanatum – artist's bracket

Synonyms: Agaricus flabelliformis, Boletus applanatus, Boletus fomentarius, Elfvingia applanata, Elfvingia megaloma, Fomes applanatus, Fomes australis, Fomes concentricus, Fomes gelsicola, Fomes incrassatus, Fomes leucophaeus, Fomes longoporus, Fomes megaloma, Fomes stevenii, Fomes vegetus, Friesia applanata, Friesia vegeta, Ganoderma flabelliforme, Ganoderma gelsicola, Ganoderma incrassatum, Ganoderma leucophaeum, Ganoderma megaloma, Phaeoporus applanatus, Placodes applanatus, Placodes vegetus, Polyporus applanatus, Polyporus concentricus, Polyporus incrassatus, Polyporus leucophaeus, Polyporus megaloma, Polyporus merismoides, Polyporus stevenii, Polyporus subganodermicus, Polyporus vegetus, Scindalma concentricum, Scindalma gelsicola, Scindalma incrassatum, Scindalma leucophaeum, Scindalma megaloma, Scindalma stevenii, Scindalma vegetum, Ungularia subganodermica.

Common name: artist's bracket.

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

Chinese: 树舌灵芝, Czech: Lesklokorka ploská, Dutch: Platte tonderzwam, Egyptian Arabic: جانوديرما ابليناتوم, French: Polypore aplani, German: Flacher Lackporling, Hungarian: Deres tapló, Inupiaq: Avaatchiqiq, Piedmontese: Ganoderma lipsiense, Polish: Lakownica spłaszczona, Russian: Трутовик плоский, Swedish: Platticka, Walloon: Asplani polipôre, Welsh: Paled y peintiwr.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Bracket polypore mushrooms <B>Ganoderma applanatum</B> on a large oak with a partially exposed rotted core on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-12-31.htm">December 31, 2021</A>
LinkBracket polypore mushrooms Ganoderma applanatum on a large oak with a partially exposed rotted core on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
Location on mapsLittle Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Underside of a bracket polypore mushroom <B>Ganoderma applanatum</B> on a large partially rotten oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-12-31.htm">December 31, 2021</A>
LinkUnderside of a bracket polypore mushroom Ganoderma applanatum on a large partially rotten oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
Location on mapsLittle Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Pore surface of a bracket polypore mushroom <B>Ganoderma applanatum</B> on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-12-31.htm">December 31, 2021</A>
LinkPore surface of a bracket polypore mushroom Ganoderma applanatum on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
Location on mapsLittle Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Black scratches on pore surface of a bracket polypore mushroom <B>Ganoderma applanatum</B> on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-12-31.htm">December 31, 2021</A>
LinkBlack scratches on pore surface of a bracket polypore mushroom Ganoderma applanatum on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
Location on mapsLittle Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Annual growth zones of a bracket polypore mushroom <B>Ganoderma applanatum</B> on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-12-31.htm">December 31, 2021</A>
LinkAnnual growth zones of a bracket polypore mushroom Ganoderma applanatum on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
Location on mapsLittle Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Cross section of a bracket polypore mushroom <B>Ganoderma applanatum</B> on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2021-12-31.htm">December 31, 2021</A>
LinkCross section of a bracket polypore mushroom Ganoderma applanatum on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 31, 2021
Location on mapsLittle Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States

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