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Ganoderma australe is a fungal plant pathogen in the genus Ganoderma. It is a species of basidiomycete fungi in the family Polyporaceae. Members are also known as bracket fungi, or polypores.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Southern bracket being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ganoderma brownii
- Ganoderma adspersum
- Neofomitella hemitephra
- Ganoderma applanatum
- Ganoderma lobatum
- Fomes fasciatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Polyporaceae
- Genus
- Ganoderma
- Species
- Ganoderma australe
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