Identifying Your Polypores
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Golden reishii
Ganoderma curtisii
Frequency
Infrequent
Thérapeutique
Habitat
On dead or live hardwood, usually from roots.
Cap
Lacquered varnished and shiny, entirely reddish-brown when ripe, largely zoned.
Margin
White margin in growing, becoming yellow-orange then reddish-brown.
Tubes
Round to subangular, 5-8 per mm.
Pores surface
White at first, becoming brownish with age, darker when bruising.
Stalk
Typically one and half times longer than the diameter of the cap, centered to lateral, concolorous to the cap.
Stalk Feature
Glabrous, lacquered, reddish-brown to brownish-red
Flesh
Unzoned, cream to light brown, but immediately darker above the tube layer,
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