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1 public strain
A shiny (laccate) Ganoderma of eastern North America, recorded mainly from the southeastern states. It usually has a stem or pseudostem. Its cream to buff flesh lacks the black resinous (melanoid) deposits and the concentric growth zones seen in several look-alikes. Until molecular work by Loyd and colleagues (2017-2018), such collections were usually filed under the misapplied name G. lucidum.
Not edible as food: the fruitbody is woody and tough. No toxicity is reported, but it has no culinary use.
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