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.
Bracket 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 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Underside 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 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
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 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Black 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 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Annual 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 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Cross 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 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States