Ganoderma sessile

The mushroom was covered in brown spores and was very tough. Underneath the spores, the caps were shiny brown. The fruiting bodies were growing in overlapping clusters that were fan-shaped (flabelliform). They were pseudostipitate (small stipes).

Habitat: Growing at the base of an oak tree (on underground roots) in a grassy area.

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Flown Kimmerling

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What a beautiful specimen! Posted 7 years ago
1. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  Also, I love the word "flabelliform." Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks!
    
    And, me too - that's I why I made sure to use that word. I need to incorporate it into daily conversation whenever possible ;) Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
      
      Lion
      
      Now to incorporate flabelliform and flagellate into the same sentence... Posted 7 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        That could be risqué.
        
        "He flagellated himself with a flabelliform-shaped leaf." Posted 7 years ago

The Ganoderma sessile

''Ganoderma sessile'' is a species of polypore fungus in the Ganodermataceae family. This wood decay fungus is found very commonly in Eastern North America, and is associated with declining or dead hardwoods. There has been a lot of taxonomic confusion with this fungus since its circumscription in 1902.

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Similar species: Polyporales

Species identified by Christine Young