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hemlock varnish shelf

Ganoderma tsugae

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 192, February 190, March 256, April 448, May 769, June 468, July 283, August 258, September 300, October 277, November 189, December 175.
United States14,145
Canada3,780
New York3,242
Ontario2,759
Pennsylvania2,754
Massachusetts1,790
North Carolina1,685
Vermont1,396
Maine1,106
Tennessee1,084

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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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