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Name: WRJ 0084 Collection Date: 11-03-2025
Fairhope, Baldwin County, Alabama, United States Fungus Type: Polypores (tough "bracket fungi")
Identification(s):
  1. Ganoderma 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. Top surface is shiny at times, but dulls, particularly after frost.
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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Top View WRJ 0084 WRJ 0084 WRJ 0084 WRJ 0084 WRJ 0084 40X water
Cap - Pileus (4)
Pilei Surface Shininess or Non
Yes
Pilei Surface Wetness
Dry
Pileus Color
Purpureus OU Crimson Red
Pileus Color Dry
Castaneus Caput Mortuum Latericius Sienna
Whole Fungus (2)
Mushroom Age
Mature
Taste
I did not taste
Not the same as 'None'.