How to identify it?
Cap
Cap 3-12 cm across, semicircular or irregularly kidney-shaped; yellow, white, and red when young, becoming red, brownish red; surface lacquered. Flesh tough, pale brown. Odour and taste not distinctive.
Pores
Pores whitish to pale brownish, 4-5 pores per mm, turn brown when damaged.




Scientific Classification

Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Shelf fungi Family
Ganodermataceae Species
Golden reishi