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Spotting

Description:

Unknown species of shelf fungus spotted near Hossawa Fall in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. This fungus was growing on a cherry tree.

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3 Comments

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 3 years ago

In all likelihood, this is also Ganoderma. Was just trying to narrow down to species-level.

Sadly, the vast majority of Ganoderma can’t be identified without microscopy/DNA. Even then, their taxonomy is disputed!

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 3 years ago

Was the fungus wet from rain or with a naturally smooth/shiny surface?

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 3 years ago

Looks like a great big piece of cake ha ha. Great spotting. Thank you for sharing :)

SargonR
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SargonR

Hinohara, Tokyo, Japan

Spotted on Jul 5, 2020
Submitted on Jul 5, 2020

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