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Ganoderma P. Karst., 1881 (a genus of bracket fungi)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Aggregate Ganoderma applanatum agg. (bracket fungi) 2          
Species Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat., 1887 (a bracket fungus)   10 2 3 1 43
Species Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat., 1889 (Artist's Fungus)   28 1 6 1 30
Species Ganoderma carnosum Pat., 1889 (a bracket fungus)         1 1
Species Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst., 1881 (Lacquered Bracket)   9 9 2 2 60
Species Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., 1889 (Beeswax Bracket)   12   5 2 12
Species Ganoderma resinaceum Boud., 1889 (a bracket fungus)   13   6 2 6

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Pegler, D.N. & Young, T.W.K., 1973 Basidiospore form in the British species of Ganoderma Karts

Ganoderma 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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Ganoderma:

basidiome (decaying) decaying basidiome is decayed by sclerotium Collybia cookei - Splitpea 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 sclerotium Collybia cookei - Splitpea Shanklet (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
bracket (large) (dead, fallen, decayed) dead, fallen, decayed bracket (large) is decayed by fruitbody Trechispora stevensonii - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Sistotremataceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody (dead, decayed) dead, decayed fruitbody is decayed by fruitbody Sistotrema sernanderi - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Sistotremataceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody (dead, decayed) dead, decayed fruitbody is decayed by fruitbody Stypella subhyalina - a jelly fungus (Tremellales: Exidiaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

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

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
POLYPORALES
(polypores)

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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