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1 public strain
The common native laccate Ganoderma on hardwoods in western North America, found from California to Washington, often on oaks. It has a reddish, shiny crust and usually no stem. For about a century western collections were misidentified as G. lucidum. True G. lucidum occurs there only as local naturalized populations. On conifers in the same region the white-fleshed G. oregonense replaces it.
Not edible as food: the fruitbody is woody and tough. No toxicity is reported, but it has no culinary use.
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