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Artist's Conk

Ganoderma brownii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 229, February 154, March 139, April 196, May 167, June 132, July 116, August 107, September 150, October 148, November 179, December 162.
California5,588
United States1,847
Washington104
Oregon47
Canada46
British Columbia44
South Africa4
Western Cape3
Nevada2
Alberta2

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

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Practise Artist's Conk with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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