On Mon, 03 Mar 2003 11:01:01 -0700,
(paghat) wrote:

I'm merely guessing these are Ganoderma lucidum bracket fungus, but
they're not as shiny on top as G lucidum would usually be, & I can't see

Not _Ganoderma_, which seems to be a genus of brackets with
very shiny and hard tops. It could be very difficult to get
the ID even to genus, as the polypores (family Polyporaceae)
have been divided into many small genera, and they are rarely
covered in any detail in field guides, because the vast
majority of them are of no culinary interest. So only a
specialist, rather than a pot-hunter (like me, though with 3
feet of mushroom books on my shelf) could key it out, and that
would require more detail (spore info, etc.) than your very
nice pictures.

"Treelike" suggested _Trametes versicolor_, and I would second
that as a very good guess. It grows on hardwoods and conifers.
I still wouldn't bet money on it.

Have fun!


Mike Prager
Beaufort, NC (on the coast in zone 8a)
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