Artists Conk
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Fungi
Agaricomycetes
Ganodermataceae
Ganoderma
G. applanatum
Polyporales
Description

The Artists Conk, Artist Bracket, Artist Conch is a bracket fungus. The spore bodies are fan shaped and grow up to 40 centimeters across, woody-textured, hard and inedible. The spore body is white at first but turns a dark reddish brown. Artists can use this fungus as a drawing medium. The surface changes to dark brown if scratched with a sharp implement. Typically found at the base of trees or on logs. The pore surface is white and bruises brown. Nearly invisible to the naked eye, there are 4-6 tiny circular pores per millimeter. The pore tubes form layers beneath each other and a new layer is formed each year. These layers are separated by a brown tissue that is 4 to 12 millimeters deep.
Gills on Hymenium
Has no stipe
Edibility: Inedible
No distinct cap
Spore print is brown
Hymenium decurrent
Ecology is parasitic