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Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat., 1889 (Artist's Fungus)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Ganoderma australe	Fruitbody	17 October 2004	Cambridge	England	9		1
Ganoderma australe	Fruitbody	17 October 2004	Cambridge	England	7		5
Ganoderma australe	Fruitbody	10 October 2004	West Kent	England	3
Ganoderma australe	Fruitbody	24 December 1975	East Sussex	England	2
Ganoderma australe	Fruitbody	14 December 1975	North Hampshire	England	3	1
Ganoderma australe	Fruitbody	18 December 1969	East Sussex	England	4

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Kibby, G., 2006, Tiered brackets of Ganoderma applanatum (it's actually G. australe!), Field Mycology, Volume 7 (1): Front cover (Colour photograph)

Tiered brackets of Ganoderma applanatum (it's actually G. australe!)

Ganoderma australe may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

Ganoderma
(a genus of bracket fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Ganoderma australe is associated with:

fruitbody	Ginkgo biloba - Ginkgo (Ginkgoaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Buddleja variabilis - a buddleia (Buddlejaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Rhododendron ponticum - Rhododendron (Ericaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Robinia pseudoacacia - False Acacia, Locust Tree (Fabaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Ulex europaeus - Gorse, Furze, Whin. (Fabaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Pterocarya fraxinifolia - Caucasian Wingnut (Juglandaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Laurus nobilis - Bay, Bay Laurel (Lauraceae)	fruitbody parasitises live trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn, Sloe (Rosaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Rosa longicuspis - a rose (Rosaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Spiraea hypericifolia - a bridewort (Rosaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	fruitbody parasitises live trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Araucaria araucana - Monkey Puzzle (Araucariaceae)	fruitbody parasitises live trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Ginkgo biloba - Ginkgo (Ginkgoaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Buddleja variabilis - a buddleia (Buddlejaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Rhododendron ponticum - Rhododendron (Ericaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Robinia pseudoacacia - False Acacia, Locust Tree (Fabaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Ulex europaeus - Gorse, Furze, Whin. (Fabaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Pterocarya fraxinifolia - Caucasian Wingnut (Juglandaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Laurus nobilis - Bay, Bay Laurel (Lauraceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn, Sloe (Rosaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Rosa longicuspis - a rose (Rosaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Spiraea hypericifolia - a bridewort (Rosaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]
fruitbody	Araucaria araucana - Monkey Puzzle (Araucariaceae)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead trunk	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [parasitic then saprobic]

Associated with Ganoderma australe:

basidiome (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed basidiome is decayed by fruitbody	Clitopilus hobsonii - a toadstool (Agaricales: Entolomataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
basidiome (decaying)	decaying basidiome is decayed by fruitbody	Collybia cirrhata - Piggyback Shanklet (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
basidiome (mummified)	mummified basidiome is decayed by fruitbody	Collybia cirrhata - Piggyback Shanklet (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
bracket (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed bracket is decayed by fruitbody	Volvariella bombycina - Silky Rosegill (Agaricales: Pluteaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Ganoderma australe may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)

BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

Ganoderma
(a genus of bracket fungi)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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