Mushroom is a group where identification by looking at photograph is not always reliable, except certain species like Agaricus trisulphuratus, Daldinia concentrica etc. Many things need to considered for proper identification such as odour, taste, habitat, microscopic features (presence/absence of certain microscopic structures [cystidia, hyphae, spores etc.] shape, size, colour, colouration after chemical tests etc.
Eventhough by looking at the picture, it seems to belongs to the genus Ganoderma and the presence of laccate and stipitate sporocarp confirms it to belong to Ganoderma lucidum complex ..
you can go through the attached paper as it deals with Indian Ganodermas..
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Prakash
Yes, most probably it is some species of Ganoderma. For exact identification you can use services of Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) (MP) Plant Pathology Division. There you can find great mycologist Dr Jamaluddin (Emeritus Professor RDVV), Dr R. K. Sharma (Current HEAD) , Dr A. K. Soni (Scientist D). These are the very contributors to INDIAN Mycology.
Yes that is Ganoderma sp. I would like to interfere the identification of Dr. Maria Nunez and Dr. Sergey Syrchin, sir fruitbodies of G. lucidum is quite different than that of the picture uploaded. There are a huge identification characters and I would like to say watching this macrofungi you could not conclude that this is G. lucidum.
I have often seen in the field that Ganoderma lucidum produces finger-like fruitbodies when there is lack of light. The fruitbody continues to grow in length until conditions get better. It is only then when the tubes and pore surface start to grow and produce spores. Sensu lato, because the taxon probably consists of several sibling species.
How critical is the identification in this case? If it is very critical, you can go for ITS sequencing and compare it with the available type strain sequences. (But it does not guarantee 100% species identification).
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shenoy
Hi
you can use Ganoderma identification key for checking whether or not it is G.lucidum or not? To be sure you can also use molecular charachterstics like ITS, mt DNA or ...
Hi, I am agree with Maria Nuñez, this specimen belong to Ganoderma lucidum complex, she never said is Ganoderma lucidum. To identify Ganoderma species you need morphological, ecological (host, kind of vegetation, tropical or temperate), and molecular characters. There are a lot of specimens type of Ganoderma species without molecular characters, and so, it is a complicate genus. There are many new species to describe.
Mushroom is a group where identification by looking at photograph is not always reliable, except certain species like Agaricus trisulphuratus, Daldinia concentrica etc. Many things need to considered for proper identification such as odour, taste, habitat, microscopic features (presence/absence of certain microscopic structures [cystidia, hyphae, spores etc.] shape, size, colour, colouration after chemical tests etc.
Eventhough by looking at the picture, it seems to belongs to the genus Ganoderma and the presence of laccate and stipitate sporocarp confirms it to belong to Ganoderma lucidum complex ..
you can go through the attached paper as it deals with Indian Ganodermas..
All the best
Prakash
In as much as morphological identification of this organism can be achieved with a synoptic key, to belong to the Ganoderma species, I would suggest a molecular identification in determining its species.
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