{"id":30327,"date":"2021-12-02T09:59:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T09:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/?p=30327"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:04:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:04:44","slug":"artist-bracket-ganoderma-applanatum-identification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/12\/02\/artist-bracket-ganoderma-applanatum-identification\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Bracket (Ganoderma Applanatum) Identification"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Artist Bracket \/ All Year Round \/ Edible<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-30327 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/12\/02\/artist-bracket-ganoderma-applanatum-identification\/artist-bracket-picture\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-picture-300x213.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-picture-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-picture-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-picture.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30342'>\n\t\t\t\tAlex Ex, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/12\/02\/artist-bracket-ganoderma-applanatum-identification\/artist-bracket-white\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-white-300x160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-white-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-white-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-white.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30341'>\n\t\t\t\tWilhelm Zimmerling PAR, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/12\/02\/artist-bracket-ganoderma-applanatum-identification\/artist-bracket-many\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-many-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-many-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-many-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-many.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30340'>\n\t\t\t\tBj\u00f6rn S&#8230;, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/12\/02\/artist-bracket-ganoderma-applanatum-identification\/artist-bracket-trunk\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-trunk-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-trunk-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-trunk-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-trunk.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30339'>\n\t\t\t\tBj\u00f6rn S&#8230;, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/12\/02\/artist-bracket-ganoderma-applanatum-identification\/artist-bracket-top\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-top-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-top-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-top-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-top.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30335'>\n\t\t\t\tArtist Bracket &#8211; George Chernilevsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/12\/02\/artist-bracket-ganoderma-applanatum-identification\/artist-bracket-drawing\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-scaled-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Prepare to be captivated by the exquisite beauty and artistic prowess of the Artist Bracket, a fascinating fungus also known as Ganoderma Applanatum. In this blog post, we embark on a journey into the mesmerising world of this unique mushroom.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Scientific Name<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ganoderma Applanatum<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Common Names<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Artist Bracket, Artist Conk, Bear Bread.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Family<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ganodermataceae<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Habitat<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Common on dead wood, logs and stumps, often in tiered groups. Most commonly found on hardwoods such as Oak and Beech but they do sometimes appear on conifers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Description\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A common bracket fungus, easy to identify as the underside of the mushroom stains when it is damaged, these marks become permanent when the mushroom is dried. They are perennial and can persist for many years, growing new layers of pores each year, when the mushroom is sliced in half these layers can tell you the age of the mushroom like growth rings in trees.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30342\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30342\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-picture-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-picture-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-picture-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-picture.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Ex, CC BY-SA 4.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Identifying Features:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Cap:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The mushroom overall has the shelf like shape, the upper surface is tan to brown in colour.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30335\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30335\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30335\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-top-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-top-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-top-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-top.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Chernilevsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Stem:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>No real stem, they are attached broadly to the growing medium.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30340\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30340\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-many-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-many-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-many-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-many.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bj\u00f6rn S&#8230;, CC BY-SA 2.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Gills:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Pores and tubes rather than gills. The pores are white when young and darken with age or when damaged. The lower surface \u2018releases\u2019 the spores. As many as 4.7 billion of them from a 10cm-10cm section in a 24 hour period!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30328\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-scaled-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-drawing-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Smell:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Deep mushroom smell.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Spores:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Brown.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Uses<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>In food<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Definitely not what you would call a \u2018bacon and eggs mushroom\u2019 as their hard texture is unpleasant but they are very often used as a flavour enhancer in Asian cuisine for their umami flavour. They make a nice mushroom stock for ramen or soup.<\/p>\n<p>A tea can also be made by boiling a couple of either fresh or dried slices in water for around an hour, it can be quite bitter so add honey to make it more palatable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30341\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30341\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-white-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-white-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-white-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/artist-bracket-white.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wilhelm Zimmerling PAR, CC BY-SA 4.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Medicinal Uses<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Artist Bracket has been used medicinally for thousands of years. In Chinese medicine it has been used to treat rheumatic tuberculosis and to resolve indigestion, relieve pain and reduce phlegm. Studies have also shown that it also has anti-tumour and anti-oxidation qualities.<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Known hazards<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>None Known.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Potential lookalikes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Southern Bracket (Ganoderma Australe) can look similar but it has much larger pores which don\u2019t bruise when damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The Lacquered Bracket (Ganoderma Resinaceum) also looks similar but this is quite rare in the UK and exudes a yellow resin from its edges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/12\/02\/horses-hoof-fungus-fomes-fomentarius-identification\/\">The Horse Hoof Fungus (Fomes Fomentarius)<\/a> which is a lot thicker and more hoof looking.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Extra Notes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There is some evidence of other animals using this mushroom medicinally, in her book \u2018Gorillas in the Mist\u2019 Dian Fossey writes<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Still another special food (for the gorillas) is bracket fungus (Ganoderma applanatum)&#8230; The shelf-like projection is difficult to break free, so younger animals often have to wrap their arms and legs awkwardly around a trunk and content themselves by only gnawing at the delicacy. Older animals who succeed in breaking the fungus loose have been observed carrying it several hundred feet from its source, all the while guarding it possessively from more dominant individuals&#8217; attempts to take it away. Both the scarcity of the fungus and the gorillas&#8217; liking of it cause many intragroup squabbles, a number of which are settled by the silverback, who simply takes the item of contention for himself.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Bracket \/ All Year Round \/ Edible Prepare to be captivated by the exquisite beauty and artistic prowess of the Artist Bracket, a fascinating fungus also known as Ganoderma Applanatum. In this blog post, we embark on a journey into the mesmerising world of this unique mushroom. 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