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Lingzhi mushroom or reishi mushroom

Ganoderma lucidum

Description:

White capped mushroom with a red stem. Does not appear to have gills.

Habitat:

It grows on the roots from an old pine tree that was cut down after a particularly nasty storm. There is almost no shadow the soil is Mississippi clay.

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CorduneanuVlad
CorduneanuVlad 11 years ago

Lingzhi or Reishi - Ganoderma Lucidum.
Young specimen.

AnaMoral
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AnaMoral

Ridgeland, Mississippi, USA

Spotted on Oct 2, 2012
Submitted on Oct 3, 2012

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