Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres.
(Beeswax Bracket)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGanoderma pfeifferi (Beeswax 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 pfeifferi (Beeswax Bracket) :
1: Ganoderma pfeifferi (Beeswax Bracket)
4 Oct 2003 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at base of Beech trunk broken off at 2m.
Image 1: Fruitbodies - close-upImage 2: Fruitbodies - close-up (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - close-up (3)Image 4: Fruitbodies - close-up - from slightly belowImage 5: Fruitbody - damaged edge - close-upImage 6: Fruitbody - sectionImage 7: Pore surfaceImage 8: Pore surface - margin - enlargedImage 9: Surface - after resin exposed with a penknife - enlargedImage 10: Spores - magnifiedImage 11: Spores - magnified (2)Image 12: Spores - magnified (3)Image 13: Spores - magnified (4)Image 14: Spores - highly magnified
2: Ganoderma pfeifferi (Beeswax Bracket)
17 Apr 1987 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
on Beech
Image 1: Bracket - top surface - in situImage 2: Bracket - top surface - in situ (2)Image 3: Bracket - under surface - in situ

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M. 2004 Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
Mattock, G. 2001 Notes on British Ganoderma species - emphasising the annual species and G. carnosum Field Mycology Vol 2 (2): 60-64.
Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W. 1995 Profiles of Fungi No. 69: Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres. Mycologist Vol 09 (2): 61.

Ganoderma pfeifferi (Beeswax 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 pfeifferi (Beeswax Bracket)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ganoderma pfeifferi (Beeswax Bracket)
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