Ganoderma applanatum

Flat Reishi ( Ganoderma applanatum )

The Flat Reishi ( Ganoderma applanatum, syn. Ganoderma lipsiense ) is a very common fungus of the genus Lackporlinge ( Ganoderma ) from the order of Stielporlingsartige.

Features

The multi-annual fruiting bodies of the surfaces Lackporlings are sessile. The fruiting body is 10-30 cm wide and 5-40 cm long, in exceptional cases also significantly greater. In May 2013, a copy with 117 cm wide and 76 cm long was found in a circumference of 364 cm and a thickness of 2-15 cm at Maple stumps. Normally, it is relatively flat, with a thickness of 2-8 cm. The concentrically grooved and irregularly curved hat surface is gray to dark brown with a thin, crushable crust ( unlike the beaded Lackporling ). By swirled on the hat surface Sporenpulver the fruiting bodies are often covered with cocoa brown spore powder. The edge of young fruiting body is white and rounded, in old specimens, thin and sharp. The Hutunterseite is fresh whitish, becoming brown on pressure (see also by name ). The Flat Reishi has about 5-6 pores per mm, they are very small, usually round. Because of its multi-year growth, the tubes of the pores can form in several layers. The length of the tubes varies from about 5 to 20 mm. The meat is tough, woody consistency. The Trama is dark brown streaked with whitish stripes (so-called " Rebhuhntrama ", unlike the beaded Lackporling ). The spores are rust- brown, with seemingly smooth or feinwarziger surface. Their shape is ellipsoidal, having a size of 5.5-8.5 microns.

The Flat Lackporling is populated often by their teats gall fly ( Agathomyia wankowiczi ) caused to the underside of the mushroom -like growths teat (bile ). The galls are only used Lackporling surfaces before and are therefore a good additional feature for the species

Way of life

The Flat Reishi is a ( weak ) and Saprobiont parasite, which occurs mainly in hardwoods. He is able to take advantage of the host tree to die brought up in the final stages of decomposition and can therefore both with bark or unberindeten still solid woods such as very strongly vermorschtem wood fresh fruiting bodies or pore layers form. The host range of the species is considerable, in addition to various hardwoods it can ( albeit much more rarely) grow on softwood. Main host in Germany is the European beech. However Krieglsteiner describes a different preference for different host species, depending on the height level: At lower altitudes, especially poplar species are colonized, besides significantly less willows and oaks, beeches are settled here very rarely. With increasing altitude, the importance of European beech to as a substrate, is added at high altitudes sycamore. The Flat Lackporling can be found in Germany in almost all forest communities. He also occurs outside of forests, if appropriate substrate is available. The multi-annual fruiting bodies can be found in every season, sporulation is in the spring as soon as the average temperature is higher than 6 ° C, it takes the entire warm season at over and ends with the first frost. The spore production takes place mainly at night and has over lunch a minimum.

Occurrence

The Flat Lackporling is distributed worldwide and does not occur only in treeless regions. In Germany it is found only rarely in the dry areas.

Importance

The Flat Reishi mushroom is a common food of the question, although it is not toxic, as food but much too tough of wood -like consistency and due to its bitter ingredients for enjoyment purposes unsuitable. Large brackets of this fungus are often used to make stuffed animals out on display. In the East Asian folk medicine of Flat Reishi is used as a medicinal mushroom. Active ingredients are mainly triterpenoids and ganoderic contained in Lackporlingen. Used the powdered fungus or an extract. An effectiveness is achieved only after allegedly taking a long period. The range of applications is very broad, ranging from protection against colds and anticarcinogenic effects.

Name

For the derivation of the generic name see Lackporlinge. In the United States fruiting bodies are occasionally used by artists who create images on the pore side of the fungus, as discolor these pores at pressure points permanently brown. From the artistic use of the English name " Artist's Conk " or " Designer's Mushroom " is derived from this fungus.

Confusion

• The Beaded Lingzhi (G. adspersum ) is very similar, but has a beaded rather than a sharp edge on the brim.
• The tinder fungus ( Fomes fomentarius ) has significantly thicker fruit bodies, console- to horseshoe-shaped fruiting bodies.
• The Fichtenporling ( Fomitopsis pinicola ) has a most striking rotrandige growth zone at the beaded hat brim and is of rather stocky form, used by him substrate ( softwood ) is rarely inhabited by Lackporling surfaces.

Related species (selection)

• Reishi (G. lucidum ) image
• Beaded Lingzhi (G. adspersum, syn. G. australe )
• Resinous Reishi ( Ganoderma resinaceum ) image
• Dark Reishi ( Ganoderma carnosum ) image
• Copper Red Reishi ( Ganoderma pfeifferi )

Other relatives:

• Ganoderma curtisii image
• Ganoderma oregonese image
• Ganoderma sp. Image, engl. page