Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat.
(Artist’s Bracket)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGanoderma applanatum (Artist’s Bracket)
GenusGanoderma (a genus of bracket fungi)
FamilyGANODERMATACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
OrderPOLYPORALES (polypores)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Bracket) :
1: Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Bracket)
10 Feb 2002 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Beech trunk
Image 1: Bracket - front viewImage 2: Bracket - side viewImage 3: Bracket - side view (2)Image 4: Bracket - top viewImage 5: Bracket - top view - close-upImage 6: Bracket - top view - close-up (2)Image 7: Bracket - undersideImage 8: Spores on bramble leaf below the bracketImage 9: Under surface - close-upImage 10: Cross sectionImage 11: Pore surfaceImage 12: Under surface - enlargedImage 13: Spores - magnifiedImage 14: Spores - magnified (2)Image 15: Spores - highly magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Weightman, J. 2003 It’s an ill wind… Field Mycology Vol 4 (3): 76-77.

Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Bracket) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Bracket)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 43 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Bracket)
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