When: 2007-09-23
Collection location: Plumas National Forest, CA [Search]
Who: (cbeehner)
No herbarium specimen

Notes: Found this growing on a conifer tree, altitude around 6800FT. I’m not sure what it is and would like to know. Did not measure, but it is at least 2FT across and 18IN front to tree. It is about 5IN thick at the base. There are not many of these in the area sighted, I have been hiking for years and this is the first I can remember seeing.
NOTE: It was raining (unusual for this time of year here) the day I took the picture. I’m not sure if this created a glossy top or it was already so.

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Proposed Name		User		Community Vote
Fungi sp. L.		cbeehner		28% (1)
Ganoderma tsugae		TomVolk		89% (2)
Recognized by sight: Certainly Ganoderma. There is controvery about whether to separate G. tsugae from G. oregonense as separate species. I went with the more conservative choice, since the latest data I can remember lump them together.

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Created: 2007-09-25 22:18:06 By: Nathan Wilson (nathan) Summary: Ganoderma oregonense Given the size and the growth on conifers and vanished top, I’d call it Ganoderma oregonense. This is based on the description given in Arora’s, Mushrooms Demystified, 2nd Ed.

Observation Created: Tue Sep 25 21:01:24 -0700 2007
Last Modified: Wed Sep 26 19:20:15 -0700 2007 by (cbeehner)
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