A large fungi on the side of a tree. The top of it was a dusty brown, and it appeared to have layers, or sort of folds as it slanted down to form an overhang, with the under side of it being completely white.
On the lower half of a downed cottonwood tree, quite large. Well shaded area
This is the first Artist's Conk I have ever encountered and what a wonderful specimen! These mushrooms are sporous with a brown top and white bottom. It you take a fine point object you can trace an image into the bottom of the mushroom and it was stay there. The spores are on top of this mushroom so they can float away in the air.
Ganoderma is a genus of polypores which grow on wood and includes over 250 species, many from tropical regions. Because of their extensive use in traditional Asian medicines, and their potential in bioremediation, they are a very important genus economically. Ganoderma can be differentiated from other polypores because they have a double walled basidiospore.
