Category: Ganoderma species

MS/ID/NOV/2020/3 – ID of Mushroom on Coconut tree base : 3 images. Please  ID the fungus (mushroom ?)  grown at the base of a coconut tree. Enclosed herewith are the photos for ID. Gonoderma species ??? Yes, Ganoderma Could be Ganoderma tsugae Murrill Yes a Ganoderma sp. The fruiting body is still immature so i am not sure about species however there are […]

  2 pictures for you (mixed thread): 2 posts by 2 authors. One correct image. These Fungus picture I took on May 11, 2010., during Nature camp to the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve – Bandipur , near Gopala Swamy Temple – Reserve.First picture I was told Elephant Leg Fungus. ……………………… Please give ID Seems to be Ganoderma lucidum […]

  ID: Fungus from Guwahati: This fungus grows on the base of the cutting trunk of Cocos nucifera at my residence.Please Id for this fungus.Location : Guwahati( Kamrup), AssamDate of collection :15/04/2011 It is member of Polyporaceae, common on decaying wood /logs, even on trees some times. it is very difficult to identify fungis when […]

  SK 2543 17 March 2020 – Mycophyta : 6 posts by 2 authors. 3 images- 6 to 7 mb each. Location: Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur Date: 08 March 2020 Elevation: 1508 m. Habit : Wild  May be some Ganoderma‎ species ? Ganoderma applanatum ? Looks different as per https://www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wood/poroid%20fungi/species%20pages/Ganoderma%20applanatum.htm https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/ganoderma-applanatum.php https://www.mushroomexpert.com/ganoderma_applanatum.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderma_applanatum  I don’t think Ganoderma. […]

  SK1893 06 May 2019 – Mycophyta : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)- 793 kb.  Location: Phedi, Nagarkot Date: 13 August 2016 Elevation: 1500 m. Habit : Wild  May be from Order Polyporales /species–fungi/a—l/b/basidiomycota/agaricomycetes/polyporalesPl. check representative images here.   Most likely some Ganoderma sp.But i am not sure without underside view. agree with … opinion Heterobasidion annosum […]

  SK1846 18 April 2019 – Mycophyta : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 897 kb. Location:  Kalinchok, DolkhaDate: 26 July 2014Elevation: 2500 m. Habit : Wild Family Fomitopsidaceae as per representative images herein ?  Could not find the exact match. May be some Ganoderma species from Ganodermataceae?

  identification no 04052016sn1 : 7 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (2) Can anyone identify this fungi. I think it is Trametes sp., may be versicolor. date/time”sept15 location: aambyvalley rd., lonavala, pune habitat: wild color; brown growing on dead tree. Looks like Ganoderma sp. can be quite tricky to say for sure until they have […]

  Request for Mushroom ID : Attachments (3). 5 posts by 3 authors. These large mushrooms were seen at Sagar upvan (BPT gardens, Colaba), Mumbai on 30 Auguust ’09. Are these what we commonly call Bracket fungus? Request ID of the same please. Thank you. I dont know more about fungi  but it might be […]