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golden reishi

Ganoderma curtisii

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 123, February 135, March 124, April 182, May 148, June 218, July 222, August 199, September 140, October 110, November 84, December 104.
United States8,918
Georgia1,968
North Carolina1,588
Virginia1,172
New Jersey1,131
South Carolina1,051
Maryland1,000
Alabama754
Tennessee510
Texas440

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

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