Ganoderma carnosum

Fleshy bracket.

Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.

Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.
Mature fruit body on yew in Finchley, London.

Common name

Fleshy bracket.

Often found on

Yew.

Sometimes found on

Other coniferous species.

Location

Found fruiting at the base of the tree up in to the scaffold crown structure.

Description

Lacquered reddish-brown to purplish-brown upper surface. Often a small stem attaching the bracket to the wood substrate. Ribbed white developing to golden-brown. White pore surface. Brown flesh. Brown spore.

Confused with

Ganoderma lucidum (usually with a stipe and not on yew), Ganoderma resinaceum (much larger and not on yew).

Significance

Very rare in the UK. Findings should be reported to Kew Gardens. Considered parasitic and subsequently saprotrophic. Associated with a white rot of the wood substrate.