Ganoderma sessile

Ganoderma sessile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Ganodermataceae
Genus: Ganoderma
Species:
G. sessile
Binomial name
Ganoderma sessile
Murrill (1902)
Synonyms
  • Fomes sessilis (Murrill) Sacc. & D. Sacc.
  • Polyporus sessilis (Murrill) Lloyd
  • Ganoderma subperforatum Atkinson

Ganoderma sessile is a species of polypore fungus in the Ganodermataceae family. There is taxonomic uncertainty with this fungus since its circumscription in 1902.

This wood decay fungus is found commonly in Eastern North America, and is associated with declining or dead hardwoods.