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Ganoderma sp.

Ganoderma sp. (lucidum or tsugae)

Photo by DoraAnderson
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Field Notes

Notes:

Found in Hocking Hills, Ohio near Old Man's Cave.

Species ID Suggestions

Hemlock Varnish Shelf

Ganoderma tsugae

Pycnoporus cinnabarinus

Comments (9)

Both are natively Asian species though...just to point out.
Ganoderma is certain from my view. It's somehow juvenile though - so both are possible: G. tsugae and G. lucidum. I'll tend to Reishi (G. lucidum) like Ashish and Ernesto. It's definetely no Cinnabar Polypore, like suggested.
Its Reishi Mushroom. I feel its Ganoderma lucidum. http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5943.asp
Hi Dora !!!.If you want you could add to the mission Fungus in America http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8508746 :)
I should've taken a pic of the canopy of the tree, but I looked for some photos of Eastern hemlock bark and it does look like it could be a hemlock after all.
Is that Hemlock it's growing on? If it is, it's a Hemlock Varnish Shelf; if it's a deciduous tree, than it is a Ling Chih.

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