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Reishi mushroom

Ganoderma oregonense

Description:

Bright orange and yellow above dark red, shallacked-looking and hardened. When poked it felt like vinyl covering foam rubber--it could be easily depressed. The growing edge is cream-colored running to white on the lower surface, which has small pores. The pored surface is harder than the stem. Not as heavy as a conk. The previous year's fruiting body was larger than it was thick, as opposed to the current, growing fruiting body, and a more uniform dark red which had lost its shininess.

Habitat:

Growing on a fallen yew tree log in a forest of mostly yew and some Douglas fir, a dozen yards from a creek but in generally dry country on the west side of the high Cascade Range.

Notes:

I've never seen one of these so glowing in color, in the midst of its growing season. These are annual fruitings, and older mostly-decayed ones from previous years were still kicking around the same log.

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shebebusynow
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shebebusynow

Oregon, USA

Spotted on Aug 26, 2014
Submitted on Sep 4, 2014

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