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MushroomMAP:   3252
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2331DC
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2017-01-06
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   352710
Species name:   Ganoderma applanatum
Common name:   Artist's Conk, Artist's palette -- paletswam
Family:   Ganodermataceae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Lingzhi Ganoderma lucidum
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MushroomMAP-3252
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3252 - photo: 1
VM-number: 3252 - photo: 2
VM-number: 3252 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Marieka Gryzenhout
Comment:   Actually not sure if a fresh applanatum or a dull lucidum. Next time if you scratch the bottom and it bruises, its applanatum. Going with my gut guess here.
Date:   2017-02-05 16:25:47
Species name:   Ganoderma applanatum -- Artist's Conk, Artist's palette; paletswam
Species code:   352710

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