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Ganoderma are characterized by basidiocarps that are large, perennial, woody brackets also called "conks".They are lignicolous and leathery either with or without a stem. The fruit bodies typically grow in a fan-like or hoof-like form on the trunks of living or dead trees.
Ganoderma applanatum is parasitic and saprophytic, [2] and grows as a mycelium within the wood of living and dead trees. It grows in single, scattered, or compound formations. [ 2 ] It forms fruiting bodies that are 3–30 centimetres (1–12 inches) wide, 5–50 cm (2– 19 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and 1–10 cm ( 1 ⁄ 2 –4 in) thick, [ 1 ] hard ...
Ganoderma lucidum, commonly known as the reishi, varnished conk, or ling chih, [2] is a red-colored species of Ganoderma with a limited distribution in Europe and parts of China, where it grows on decaying hardwood trees. [3]
Ganoderma zonatum is a plant pathogen that infects the palm species causing butt rot. It is a fungus that infects the bottom 122–152 centimeters (4–5 feet) of the plant also rotting the roots . It has been known to be in both natural and planted environments and in the majority of cases only in palms.
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]
Lingzhi, Ganoderma sichuanense, also known as reishi or Ganoderma lingzhi [3] is a polypore fungus ("bracket fungus") native to East Asia belonging to the genus Ganoderma. Its reddish brown, varnished, kidney-shaped cap with bands and peripherally inserted stem give it a distinct fan-like appearance. When fresh, the lingzhi is soft, cork-like ...
Polypores (Ganoderma sp.) growing on a tree in Borneo. Polypores are a group of fungi that form large fruiting bodies with pores or tubes on the underside (with some exceptions). They are a morphological group of basidiomycetes-like gilled mushrooms and hydnoid fungi, and not all polypores are closely related to each other.
Ganoderma tsugae, also known as hemlock varnish shelf, is a flat polypore mushroom of the genus Ganoderma. Habitat. In contrast to Ganoderma lucidum, to which it ...