Artist's Bracket

Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat.

Also called: artist's conk, artist's fungus

Safety first

Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.

If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call US Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or 911 right away. In Canada, call your provincial poison centre or 911.

Edibility

Inedible Source: Wikipedia: Ganoderma applanatum

Classification from Wikipedia: Ganoderma applanatum. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.

Never eat a wild mushroom based on this site or any app.

Photos

Photo: Alex. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: SiphonophoreSlinger. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: calland glass. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Owen McElroy. CC0. Source (inaturalist)

Lookalikes

No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.

Season

When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.

The highlighted bar is the current month.

View season data as a table

Recorded observations of Artist's Bracket by month
Month	Records
January	94
February	81
March	124
April	229
May	858
June	307
July	701
August	728
September	636
October	620
November	253
December	104

Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

Vermont 495 records · Foraging rules
Pennsylvania 396 records · Foraging rules
New York 352 records · Foraging rules
Washington 271 records · Foraging rules
Ohio 267 records · Foraging rules
Ontario 249 records · Foraging rules
British Columbia 224 records · Foraging rules
Illinois 205 records · Foraging rules
California 166 records · Foraging rules
Wisconsin 147 records · Foraging rules
Quebec 129 records · Foraging rules
Indiana 111 records · Foraging rules
Michigan 103 records · Foraging rules
New Hampshire 102 records · Foraging rules
Minnesota 97 records · Foraging rules

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Virginia85 records
Massachusetts77 records
North Carolina76 records
Connecticut76 records
Oregon74 records
Florida72 records
West Virginia65 records
New Jersey61 records
Tennessee59 records
Maine55 records
Colorado51 records
Alaska49 records
Hawaii46 records
Iowa43 records
Utah33 records
Idaho30 records
Missouri30 records
Maryland28 records
Montana21 records
District of Columbia21 records
Kentucky20 records
Alberta20 records
Kansas20 records
North Dakota19 records
Delaware17 records
Alabama16 records
Manitoba16 records
Louisiana15 records
Prince Edward Island13 records
Arizona13 records
New Brunswick13 records
New Mexico13 records
Georgia12 records
Nova Scotia11 records
Rhode Island10 records
Texas8 records
Newfoundland and Labrador7 records
Wyoming7 records
Arkansas5 records
Nebraska4 records
Northwest Territories4 records
South Dakota4 records
Mississippi3 records
Oklahoma2 records
Saskatchewan1 records
Yukon1 records

All state and province foraging laws

Identification traits

Underside (gills, pores or teeth)	pores
Ecology	parasitic
Spore print color	brown

Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.

About

Ganoderma applanatum (the artist's bracket, artist's conk, artist's fungus or bear bread) is a bracket fungus with a cosmopolitan distribution. As its common names suggest, it can be used as a drawing medium.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.