Ganoderma carnosum

There are some species whose fruiting bodies are shiny, smooth, and with a hard surface. Ganoderma carnosum forms one-year fruiting bodies from May till October. Its cap is brownish red, up to 25 cm wide; its surface is shiny as if it was varnished, especially when young. The stem is usually formed and it is lateral, equally coloured (almost brownish black) and varnished as the cap. The fungus grows on died off roots and stumps, it causes white rot of conifers, especially of fir trees. It is spread in the Southern and Central Europe. Similar fruiting bodies are formed by Ganoderma lucidum, however, it usually grows on oaks and other broadleaves, and fruiting bodies are paler, especially when young. The preferable host species is Abies alba.