Anyone know this species of mushroom?

[taylorsmissbeehaven]

I took this picture couple weeks ago while walking the property. Never seen this one before! Brian

 

[Tacotodd]

PM me for an answer 🤫  . It's funny but not appropriate to a family site 😵‍💫

[SwampDonkey]

I don't have a photo, but I have noticed along one of the trails an old rotten stump smothered in turkey tail mushroom.


But other than that it has been a mushroom year up here, the forest floor had 100's and now they look like little black piles of fresh greasy dung. ;D

[wisconsitom]

HK, look in genuses Hygrocybe, Hygrophorus, Hygrophoropsis, and Mycena.  Might be in one of them.  Is cap moist?

[Old Greenhorn]

Well I am gonna kick up this thread rather than start a new one. I found these at a neighbor's home today. Exceptional examples, I thought. Anybody have a guess?


 

The samples in the above photo were 5-8" wide.
The one below is juvenile, emerging from a root..


 

Mid-range of growth.


 

and underneath, no gills


 

This is another root cluster, over 10" across:



 

Here's a hint: it's growing on a Hemlock.

It's ganoderma tsugae, commonly called reishi or hemlock reishi. It is the only mushroom I know that grows on Hemlock. It's not poisonous but is not considered an 'edible' because of the harsh taste. Used mostly in extracts for an immunosuppressant. Also supposed to good for blood pressure, liver issues, respiratory, and histamine response.
 All I know is that it's really pretty. ;D :D

[SwampDonkey]

I always call shelf mushrooms polypores, that's the extent of my knowledge on them. Except maybe red belted polypore. ;D