Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Large

Diet

Decomposer

Biome

Tropical rainforest

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Defense

Armor

Status

Common

About

Ganoderma, commonly known as shelf mushrooms or bracket fungi, are a diverse group of polypore fungi that thrive in tropical regions. These fungi have a double-walled basidiospore, a unique feature that sets them apart from other polypores.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   spore

   A microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
2. 2.
   mycelium

   A thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
3. 3.
   fruiting body

   A mature fruiting body emerges to release the next generation of spores.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Polyporales

Family

Polyporaceae

Genus

Ganoderma