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Name: WRJ 0084 Collection Date: 11-03-2025
Ganoderma sessile
Alabama , USA Fungus Type: Polypores
Genus: Ganoderma
Species: sessile
Description
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/324768295 https://mushroomobserver.org/obs/616012 Growing on ground near dead Sawtooth Oak (Quercus acutissima) roots and underground stump remains
Comments
| 720736 | 54730 | Ganoderma sessile | Murrill | sp. | 1902 | Legitimate | 237038 | https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name details page/54730 | Fungi, Dikarya, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycotina, Agaricomycetes, Polyporales, Ganodermataceae, Ganoderma | Ganoderma sessile | Current name: Ganoderma sessile Murrill, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 29: 604 (1902) [MB#237038] Taxonomic synonyms: - Polyporus sessilis (Murrill) Lloyd, Synopsis of the section Apus of the genus Polyporus (7): 371 (1915) [MB#470920] - Fomes sessilis (Murrill) Sacc. & D. Sacc., Sylloge Fungorum 17: 122 (1905) [MB#239442]

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Cap - Pileus (1)
Pileus Color
Purpureus Purpureus (OU Crimson Red)
Whole Fungus (2)
Mushroom Age
Mature
taste
I did not taste