Boston Mycological Club
The surface of this common annual appears to be covered in a shiny reddish-brown varnish. In age the surface usually wrinkles and the entire form becomes fan-shaped. Almost always found on decaying hemlock. Ganoderma lucidum is found on hardwoods. Ganoderma curtisii is a southern US species.
Bessette - Mushrooms of Northeastern North
America; page 377
Lincoff - Audubon Field Guide to North American
Mushrooms; page 461
Barron - Mushrooms of Northeast North America;
page 139 (in the comments under G. lucidum)
Kibby - Mushrooms and Other Fungi; page 170
Phillips - Mushrooms of North America; page
262
Arora - Mushrooms Demystified; page 578 (in
the comments under G. lucidum)
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| Brought to BMC meeting 7/30/2001 |