Mushrooms · La Saladita, Guerrero

artist's bracket

Ganoderma applanatum

Spanish: Pezuña / Reishi del bosque

artist's bracket (Ganoderma applanatum)
Photographed by chepipatricio on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Ganoderma applanatum (the artist's bracket, artist's conk or bear bread) is a bracket fungus with a cosmopolitan distribution. Most often recorded in Jul.

TaxonomyAgaricomycetes › Polyporales › Polyporaceae
Local records1 research-grade observation within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records44,905 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2020 – 2020
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “artist's bracket (Ganoderma applanatum) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/ganoderma-applanatum/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.