Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Hemlock Varnish Shelf

Ganoderma tsugae - Description: the cap is 2-20 cm across, fan-shaped and its surface has a varnish-type finish. When young its surface has red, yellow, and white zones and as it matures it turns reddish to reddish-brown with a creamy white margin. The underside pore surface is white, becoming a sullied brown colour with age. The stem is generally present, but may be absent, and is 3-14 cm long and up to 3 cm thick. It is twisted and varnished and coloured similar to the cap. This fungus is an annual, has brown flesh and produces a brown spore print. Habitat: a saprobic, the hemlock varnish conk grows on decaying conifer logs and stumps (especially hemlock).