How to identify it?
Cap
Cap 10-50 cm across, semicircular or irregularly kidney-shaped; red or reddish brown; surface lacquered. Flesh tough, whitish to creamy. Odour and taste not distinctive.
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Pores whitish to pale brownish, 3-5 pores per mm, turn brown when bruised.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Shelf fungi Family
Ganodermataceae Species
Western varnished conk