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Field Notes

Description:

Bracket
very leathery
3 distinct ridges
burgundy / brown / orangish on the capoff white underbelly
top ridge, 14 cm acrossmiddle ridge, 11 cm across
bottom ridge, 5 cmcyllindrical spore hole, .7 cm deep

Habitat:

Base of tree. After I collected the sample I realized I should have paid attention to the type of tree it was, because that can be very important in identifying fungi

Notes:

options I've found:
Ling Chih
Mustard-yellow Polypore (Phellinus gilvus)
Conifer-base Polypore (Heterobasidion annosum)

of the options, the conifer-base Polypore seems to be the most likely. I'm having trouble being certain though. I'm not positive.

http://procezzed.blogspot.com/2012/02/mushroom-2-bracket-very-leathery-…

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

mmmm no I actually looked into that one and this guy did not have many of the defining characteristics of the artist's conk. Thank you though!
Artist's Conk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderma_applanatum

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