Ganoderma carnosum Pat.
(a bracket fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ganoderma carnosum (a bracket fungus)
Genus	Ganoderma (a genus of bracket fungi)
Family	GANODERMATACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ganoderma carnosum is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Mattock, G.	2001	Notes on British Ganoderma species - emphasising the annual species and G. carnosum	Field Mycology Vol 2 (2): 60-64.

Ganoderma carnosum (a bracket fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Ganoderma
(a genus of bracket fungi)

GANODERMATACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ganoderma carnosum (a bracket fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ganoderma carnosum (a bracket fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Ganoderma carnosum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)