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Ganderma Lucidum

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Field Notes

Description:

Varnish fungus rot creates reddish brown 14 inched wide shelf like formation called conks near the base of tree trunks. Its a producer and a decomper. It also absorbes the material it grows such as nutrients of the dead organism.

Species ID Suggestions

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Mycofille
I think it could be stereum complicatum actually.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2012

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