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burtonRebel


Registered: 12/02/06
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Ganoderma
#23886003 - 12/01/16 09:53 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Spent my day off looking for Ganoderma, a genus I've never intentially hunted for until recently. Since there aren't very many documented finds in my area, I don't have a lot to go on. I didn't find anything for a couple of hours. After a while I found some Ganoderma brownii followed by G. applanatum on bay and oak. I've yet to find any Ganoderma growing on a healthy tree. Towards the end of the day, I wandered into a shaded redwood/hardwood basin. There were a few fairy rings where massive redwoods once stood and I instantly felt like I had stumbled upon a vastly ancient place. Maybe 100 feet up the canyon, was the coolest house pit I've ever seen. Someone had stacked large, heavy boulders in a 15' diameter circle. They built a really neat stairway with boulders and stones. From the location, type, and proximity to a confluence, this was probably constructed by the native people to this area(Mi-wuk or Ohlone). There was Quartz and a small hammerstone on the floor of the house pit! I was astonished to find an old oak tree that was long dead and host to four old and long gone Ganoderma oregonense. It was exactly what I intended to find although I think I'm way too late to find them in good condition. There season is probably august/september. Unfortunately my camera/phone died early in the day and I was unable to take photos of the housesit or large fruitings of G. applanatum. Another great day in the woods.
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Mrcloudy
Stranger than you.


Registered: 10/01/13
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Loc: Northeast US
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Is it the first one you are calling G.brownii? Can you cut it in half? I agree the middle ones are G.applanatum s.l. Cool
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10 different Ganoderma species from across the USA AMU MrCloudys guide to North American GanodermaUpdated A rough guide to North American Ganoderma species, with an emphasis on the laccate species.
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burtonRebel


Registered: 12/02/06
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The one in the first photo is G. Oregonense I'm pretty sure although it's very old and kinda hard to tell. The shape seemed right and I could see faint red closer to the substrate. I didn't collect the brownii. They were large. Next time I'll take photos.  The pores became seperated when I collected the specimen so that's why the cross section looks like it's missing something.
Edited by burtonRebel (12/01/16 10:57 PM)
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