Ganoderma polychromum
N. Amer. Fl. 9(2): 119. 1908.
Common Name: none
Synonym: Polyporus polychromus Copel.
On oaks and other hardwoods.
Too woody and tough to eat.
The reddish shiny top and growth on hardwoods is distintive. Ganoderma polychromum is often confused with Ganoderma lucidum. "For the past century, many studies of Ganoderma in North America and other regions of the world have used the name G. lucidum sensu lato for any laccate (shiny or varnished) Ganoderma species growing on hardwood trees or substrates."
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