Ganoderma applanatum
| Artist's bracket | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Ganodermataceae |
| Genus: | Ganoderma |
| Species: | G. applanatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ganoderma applanatum | |
| Synonyms | |
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| Ganoderma applanatum | |
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| Pores on hymenium | |
| No distinct cap | |
| Hymenium is decurrent | |
| Lacks a stipe | |
| Spore print is brown | |
| Ecology is parasitic | |
| Edibility is inedible | |
Ganoderma applanatum (the artist's bracket, artist's conk, artist's fungus or bear bread) is a bracket fungus with a cosmopolitan distribution. As its common names suggest, it can be used as a drawing medium.