Polypore
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Polypores, also called bracket or shelf fungi, are a morphological group of basidiomycete-like gilled mushrooms and hydnoid fungi that form large fruiting bodies called conks, which are typically wood
Polypores (Ganoderma sp.) growing on a tree in Borneo
Trametes versicolor, a colorful bracket fungus, commonly known as turkey tail
A bracket fungus (Pycnoporus sp.) with a tough, woody cap
The blushing bracket showing the red bruising, which is one identification characteristic
Ganoderma applanatum
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Ganoderma applanatum is a bracket fungus with a cosmopolitan distribution. As its common names suggest, it can be used as a drawing medium.
Polypore
…is actually a member of the agarics. Other examples of bracket fungi include chicken of the woods (or sulphur shelf), birch bracket, dryad's saddle, artist's conk, and turkey tail. The name polypores is often used for a group that includes many of the hard or leathery fungi, which often lack a stipe, growing…
Ganoderma applanatum 2010 G1
Larval galls (black objects) of Agathomyia wankowiczii on an artist's bracket fungus
A drawing on the lower side of the sporocarp of G. applanatum