Ganoderma tsugae

Ganoderma tsugae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Ganodermataceae
Genus: Ganoderma
Species:
G. tsugae
Binomial name
Ganoderma tsugae
Murrill
Ganoderma tsugae
Mycological characteristics
Pores on hymenium
Cap is flat
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is brown
Ecology is saprotrophic or parasitic
Edibility is too hard to eat

Ganoderma tsugae, also known as hemlock varnish shelf, is a flat polypore mushroom of the genus Ganoderma.