Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Polyporales: Ganodermataceae: Ganoderma meredithiae Adask. & Gilb.

Ganoderma meredithiae – Pine Varnish Conk

Synonym: Ganoderma meredithae.

Common name: Pine Varnish Conk.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Ganoderma meredithiae is a species of bracket fungus in the family Ganodermataceae. Described as new to science in 1988 by mycologists James E. Adaskaveg and Robert Lee Gilbertson, it is found in the southeastern United States in the Gulf Coast region from east Texas to Georgia. The fungus causes white rot and butt rot on living pines, including loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) and spruce pine (Pinus glabra). The holotype was collected in 1985 near Pineville, Louisiana. G. meredithiae is named in honor of mycologist Meredith Blackwell.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Polypore mushroom Ganoderma curtisii f. meredithiae (Ganoderma meredithiae) on a side of an old railroad grade(?) in a pine forest on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, November 24, 2019
12021 Fm 2025 Rd, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

Cap of a polypore mushroom Ganoderma curtisii f. meredithiae (Ganoderma meredithiae) found on a side of an old railroad grade(?) in a pine forest on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, November 24, 2019
12021 Fm 2025 Rd, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

Mature polypore mushrooms Ganoderma curtisii f. meredithiae (Ganoderma meredithiae) under pines on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 6, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Richards, TX 77873, USA

Underside of mature polypore mushrooms Ganoderma curtisii f. meredithiae (Ganoderma meredithiae) under pines on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 6, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Richards, TX 77873, USA

Pine varnish conk polypore mushroom (Ganoderma meredithiae(?)) collected during mushroom walk on D. L. property. Bleakwood, Newton County, Texas, June 11, 2022
Newton County, Texas, United States

Underside of pine varnish conk polypore mushroom (Ganoderma meredithiae(?)) collected during mushroom walk on D. L. property. Bleakwood, Newton County, Texas, June 11, 2022
Newton County, Texas, United States

Pore surface of pine varnish conk polypore mushroom (Ganoderma meredithiae(?)) collected during mushroom walk on D. L. property. Bleakwood, Newton County, Texas, June 11, 2022
Newton County, Texas, United States

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.
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