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southern bracket

Ganoderma australe

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Chile.January 40, February 46, March 38, April 51, May 68, June 27, July 17, August 20, September 26, October 30, November 18, December 22.
Chile403
United States359
Alaska330
Australia277
Victoria148
Región de Los Ríos87
Región del Bío-Bío84
Región de La Araucanía82
Región de Los Lagos80
New South Wales46

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shelf fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are commonly shelf or bracket fungi.Inferred from its group
  • Grows on woodDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly grow on wood.Inferred from its group
  • Saprotrophic fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly decompose dead organic matter.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderShelf Fungi · Polyporales
FamilyBracket Fungi · Polyporaceae
GenusArtist's Brackets, Reishi, and Allies · Ganoderma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise southern bracket with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.