Ganoderma resinaceum Boud.
(a bracket fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGanoderma resinaceum (a bracket fungus)
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 resinaceum (a bracket fungus) :
1: Ganoderma resinaceum (a bracket fungus)
5 Aug 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on living Oak
Image 1: BracketsImage 2: Brackets - undersurfacesImage 3: Top viewImage 4: Young bracket - top viewImage 5: Bracket - top surface - enlargedImage 6: Pore surface - enlargedImage 7: Pore surface - enlarged (2)
2: Ganoderma resinaceum (a bracket fungus)
5 Aug 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Young fruitbodies on living Oak
Image 1: SporesImage 2: Spores (2)Image 3: Spores (3)Image 4: Spores (4)
3: Ganoderma resinaceum (a bracket fungus)
20 May 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
old fruitbody on living Oak
Image 1: SporesImage 2: Spores (2)
4: Ganoderma resinaceum (a bracket fungus)
17 Oct 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on living Oak
Image 1: Bracket - top viewImage 2: Bracket - underside
5: Ganoderma resinaceum (a bracket fungus)
19 Aug 1979 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
at base of oak trunk
Image 1: Bracket - immature (19 Aug 79) - in situImage 2: Bracket - mature (2 Oct 79) - lower side - in situImage 3: Bracket - mature (2 Oct 79) - upper side - in situImage 4: Bracket - old (15 Mar 80) - in situ

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 resinaceum (a bracket fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ganoderma resinaceum (a bracket fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ganoderma resinaceum (a bracket fungus)
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