Granadula Mushroom(?)

[blackcatofmisery]

I'm hoping for some confirmation and/or information on this dude that's growing in my yard again. A tree used to be where it grows, but the tree never had visible fungi on it. When I did a Google search, other users shared similar photos that were said to be some kind of granadula.



Here's a bit of a close-up. You can see the grass growing through its body, or its body growing around the grass that's there first.

Comments

[chestnut_pod]

I'm afraid I can't help personally, but do you know of the website iNaturalist? You can upload photos of all kinds of organisms and have a variety of devoted amateurs and some real experts identify them. There is also a fairly good "computer vision" AI identifier which could probably get this photo down to its taxonomic family, if not to the species.

[blackcatofmisery]

Thank you! That's really cool; I'll check it out. I love finding unknown-to-me plants and such, so that would be a good resource to keep in mind.

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[rachelkg]

Genus Ganoderma (I suspect I agree with your other sources, and "granadula" is a misspelling.) It's probably coming from the remaining roots of that tree. Compare to Ganoderma curtisii or Ganoderma sessile.

[blackcatofmisery]

I have a sneaking suspicion you're right on with Ganoderma sessile. The color's right, and it's a wood decay fungus that likes hardwoods. The tree that used to grow where this thing is was an ash.

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[turlough]

Very cool mushroom!