Ganoderma sessile is a species of polypore fungus in the Ganodermataceae family. There is taxonomic uncertainty with this fungus since its circumscription in 1902.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ganoderma sessile 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 subincrustatum
- Ganoderma polychromum
- Ganoderma resinaceum
- Ganoderma steyaertianum
- Ganoderma zonatum
- Ganoderma curtisii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Polyporaceae
- Genus
- Ganoderma
- Species
- Ganoderma sessile
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