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| Ganoderma applanatum |
(syn.) Ganoderma applanatum , (es) Yesquero aplanado, (fr) Ganoderme aplani, (de) Flacher Lackporling
Characteristics
Edibility - inedible
Time of Appearance - beginning of winter-late fall
Taste - neutral, mild
Location - on hardwood, on softwood
Fruit Body
10-60cm wide; often flat console shaped; upper side brown, with white growth margin; surface zoned wavy, matt, with thin, hart crust.
Pores
Cut lengthwise rust-brown, from the second year on layered; pore in active phase whiteish, peripheral, very fine, only easily visible with magnifying glass.
Flesh
Rust brown, crossed with whitesh mycel fibers; consistency suberose to woody.
Season and Habitat
January-December (in temperate climate zone); on deciduous, rare coniferous wood, standing or lying trunks, stumps; very common.
Strategy for Sustaining life
Parasite and wood decaying saprobiont; causes white rot; several years.
Look-Alikes
Ganoderma adspersum, thick console shaped; Tinder polypore.
Edibility
inedible
Comments
The tubes of perennial samples are separated by an interlayer (contrary to the Tinder polypore). The spores in bei Ganoderma are brown colored.
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