Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst.
(Lacquered Bracket)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGanoderma lucidum (Lacquered Bracket)
GenusGanoderma (a genus of bracket fungi)
FamilyGANODERMATACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
OrderPOLYPORALES (polypores)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ganoderma lucidum (Lacquered Bracket) :
1: Ganoderma lucidum (Lacquered Bracket)
10 Feb 2002 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England

in cleft in huge old fallen Beech log

area

Image 1: In situImage 2: In situ (2)Image 3: Pore surfaceImage 4: Pore surface - close-upImage 5: Top viewImage 6: Top view - in situImage 7: Top view - in situ (2)Image 8: Spores - focussed on ornamentationImage 9: Spores - focussed on outline
2: Ganoderma lucidum (Lacquered Bracket)
1 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
by dead tree stump cut off at ground level
Image 1: Close-up of top surfaceImage 2: Fruitbody, upper sideImage 3: Old fruitbody showing mouldy poresImage 4: Top surface of cap
3: Ganoderma lucidum (Lacquered Bracket)
2 Nov 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on end of large fallen beech log cut into a seat
Image 1: Fruitbody - LSImage 2: Pores - close-upImage 3: top surfaceImage 4: top surface of bracketImage 5: Underside
4: Ganoderma lucidum (Lacquered Bracket)
19 Sep 1981 OSGR: TR06 51° 20’ N, 0° 60’ E Vice County: West Kent (VC 16) England
on ?Hornbeam
Image 1: Brackets - in situImage 2: Bracket - top surface

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M. 2001 Stipes and spores in two British Ganoderma species Field Mycology Vol 2 (2): 64-65.
Mattock, G. 2001 Notes on British Ganoderma species - emphasising the annual species and G. carnosum Field Mycology Vol 2 (2): 60-64.

Ganoderma lucidum (Lacquered Bracket) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ganoderma lucidum (Lacquered Bracket)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 60 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ganoderma lucidum (Lacquered Bracket)
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