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Ganoderma applanatum
A hard orange-brown shelf or bracket fungus with a white underside. Plant tissue around the fungus was sprinkled in a brownish powder, visible in the background of the pictures. Family Ganodermataceae.
Huasteca Forest, Edward James Surrealism Park, Xilitla, San Luis Potosí.
This is often called "Artist's Fungus" because scatches or designs made into the white underside will be permanent, see these artist uses of the bracket's underside: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/...
Spotted on Apr 17, 2015
Submitted on Jan 31, 2016
2 Comments
Thank you Mark :) This one was fascinating to learn about! I wish my pictures had been better and that I had drawn something on the underside!
?Ganoderma applanatum