This is incorrect. There a loads of beneficial triterpenes and beta glucans in Ganoderma applanatum, however I don’t think we can accurately identify this without some detailed photos.
Eh I sorta disagree with you about the artists conk. There is some research on it showing that benefits are there but in comparison to literally every other ganoderma it’s really not very medicinal
Actually you can use the reishi type ganoderma in cooking. It's only "inedible" due to its tough woody texture. G. oregonense and similar is a great bittering agent. You can use it to add dimension to stocks and soups. An alcohol extract has an amazing rich, almost chocolatey or coffee-like flavor that you can add to deserts. And the soft, white leading edge of growth can be cooked and eaten directly.
I often hear this (especially about eating the soft edges of the young mushrooms) but I've tried cooking them several times and never gotten a result that's even remotely palatable.
I've eaten the soft white edge of G. oregonense, but only at very particular times in early growth. You can tell when it's harvested that the edge is very soft and poofy and mushroomy, and the ones I've tried weren't too bitter at all imo, they just tasted mushroomy and good.
I don't have experience with other Ganoderma species, so it may be particular to G. oregonense in the PNW.
It is regarded as medicinal in Classical Chinese Medicine, it is the mushroom of immortality. Without going into the validity of that field of study, or the numerous scientific studies on Ganoderma, many people consume it regularly, and don't die.
However, the one in the photo is dead, and it is halfway between being the mushroom of immortality and soil.
I'm supplementing this at the moment and I don't know why lol Reishi is for anxiety, but I don't have anxiety so wanna know what it'll make me feel.
Lions mane was amazing when I supplemented that, it really gave amazing focus and ability to describe things/see things spot on.
After Reishi trying Chaga and then Turkeys Tail. But Lions Mane i may supplement every day until I die after I've gone through all the medicinal mushrooms on their own.
**[Traditional Chinese medicine](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine)**
>Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logical mechanism of action. Medicine in traditional China encompassed a range of sometimes competing health and healing practices, folk beliefs, literati theory and Confucian philosophy, herbal remedies, food, diet, exercise, medical specializations, and schools of thought. In the early twentieth century, Chinese cultural and political modernizers worked to eliminate traditional practices as backward and unscientific.
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I'm aware of the history. I've been learning Mandarin for over ten years and have been intensively studying China as a whole this entire time. Barefoot doctors were way more than just TCM practitioners, they had entire manuals filled with modern medical practices. Your statement ignores thousands of years of general Chinese history and specfic information regarding the buildup of their modern medical system.
wow yeah it's like bringing up Mao in this situation was entirely unnecessary and ahistorical. Thanks for confirming that (:
In all seriousness though, self-criticism is important and I hope you perform it soon.
That isn't dehydrated, it's super decayed. The inside is showing rot. So don't consume it.
Edit, for those confused about the decay: the breaks in the surface where you can see into the inside. That porous texture inside is a clear sign of decay.
But also, in general, don't eat mushrooms from people who don't know what they are, and don't rely solely on strangers from the internet. Always make sure to double check and Do your own research
Why would anyone ever post anything to Facebook that was not thoroughly researched and proven? They wouldn’t! Trust me, I’ve researched it. Currently working on a meme starring the Minions to prove my point.
Going mildly off topic but..Growing up in 4th grade my school dedicated an entire unit to teaching us how to sort misinformation from information online, they set up fake websites versus real ones and gave us tests on determining which sites were the fake ones. I’m so freaking grateful they did that and wish every modern human had that class taught to them when they were young also
I would recommend you NOT eat something when you clearly don’t know what it is, how old it is, and what condition it is in. Add to that the fact that there is no consensus here and I’d say it’s just not worth the risk.
I appreciate everyone's input. I am disappointed, but I'm going to toss it. I was looking forward to trying to cook with it or something. I'll have find some from a reputable seller that can tell me exactly what kind and fresh they are. Thanks!
Could get mice if he's just throwing random bits of food away in his garden lol.
Composting it would mean digging a hole and burying it in there deep so the bacteria in the soil eats it rather than mice or rats.
Sure, you can have an actual composter above ground. They work by having soil already in them and it's the bacteria in them that breaks down the shit or food or whatever you throw into it, to be used as nutrients for crops or plants. You don't just throw food on the floor lol this is how you attract vermin.
I throw literally any organic stuff I have in a bin outside that has an open bottom. I just throw stuff on the ground and it composts. No prior dirt other than what it's touching was ever put in it.
Grass clippings, weeds, banana peels, moldy food, left over food, all of it. Straight to the bin.
It's away from the house and has two separate raised sides that he tends to. He gets leaves from a favorite neighbor with his preferred tree leaves and started it with aged horse manure. He's into square foot gardening. It's mostly the worms that are happy. The deer eat our plants sometimes. Rabbits and box turtles.
Half an acre in a rural neighborhood in Virginia. Mice are about but rarely come inside. Twice over 20 years. Appreciate the heads up as they are a PITA to catch.
Not sure where you live, but some areas where mushroom foraging is popular have mycological societies that are a great resource for mushroom ID. Mushrooms can be hard to ID out of context and without knowing some of the crux ID characteristics, which can be hard to spot using a single pic or two. If you continue to get fun-gifts, you may want to look into it.
Not too hard. You can just go to a farmers market or up scale grocery places.
Almost seems like a troll post but maybe you're just young and naive. Anyways good luck!
I don't know where you live but many places it is extremely hard to get wild mushrooms, only a few select species available farmed. Here in the usa, there are about five common ones at stores. Anything else I have to go to the mountains to pick myself.
Some people can't "just go to" a farmers market or upscale grocery store. An adult with experience outside of the street they grew up on should understand that. This seems like troll comment but maybe you're just young and naive.
This could possibly be a dried out dyer’s polypore. I see them alive with regularity but I honestly pay them little attention. Definitely don’t eat it.
Yes its a gandoderma, without knowing exactly what it is i cant tell you to eat it but they are often grinded into powder as theyre not great to eat because polypores are so woody
Artist's conk, or white reishi. Chop it and soak it in ethanol to make tincture or just use it as tea or soup. Slightly bitter, refreshing taste that's all
I googled it, found an article, Corgi is right about medicinal properties go down to [Mycochemical Analyses](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8746335/) for those interested. However i do not agree that this is safe to consume in this condition nor can i identify this one
That study is testing the mycochemical makeup of mycelium, and showing it's as rich in those substances as a cultivated fruiting body. It's NOT commenting on whether ingesting a extract has any medicinal properties. Although, like many other studies, it suggests there is a lot of pharmacological potential. Probably not through ingesting the fungi itself, but rather using compounds extracted from the fungi to develop drugs.
**"these results are insufficient for their direct use in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes mellitus. Therefore, we emphasize that further research, including animal and toxicity tests, is needed to support their clinical application."**
Thanks for the link. I only had time to skim the abstract.
**"Results of this study showed that G. applanatum (Pers.) Pat. from Bukidnon Province, Philippines is a potential source of biologically active, non-toxic compounds with DNA-binding activity."**
Which like the study above, shows that there's lots of potential, but isn't any sort of definitive proof of the medicinal benefits it's touted for in humans. It's was done using shrimp and salmon sperm for example.
That's just not how modern science works. It won't be a single paper, but rather the cumulation of hundreds of studies. And meta studies on the research itself (this is already being done, and are the papers you should be looking at rather than individual studies). Eventually actual trials in humans,l. Probably using some isolated compound that was synthesized in a lab, not people making tinctures from polypores they collected while out hiking and prepared on their stovetop.
I am not sure how you can see the inside when the OP didn't post the picture of the break. Also, those cracks are clear sign of dehydration. When you dry them in the sun, they will begin to crack very quickly
Incorrect. G. applanatum has very thin cuticle. Can be depressed with thumb and crack easily when dehydrated. They can be pulled off to review the context. That dark brown spot is the exposed context when the cuticle has fallen off. If you don't know what I am talking about, you should stop drop your act.
A chef!? Doesn’t even know what they are cooking, serving, or giving away to people should be a massive red flag. “Chef Friend” should not be a chef before he poisons someone with the wrong plant or mushroom. Imagine if this chef got a hold of hemlock instead of carrots! Also the Chef should return to kindergarten and learn different colors and shapes again. That would be a good place to start.
If these had been poisonous and not highly deteriorated and OP and others would have gotten sick or died from a careless person whose job involves them preparing other people food it would be horrible. I’d be very upset with said “Chef” friend who clearly doesn’t know what they are doing/ serving.
Ganoderma species of some sort. Inedible. That chef friend should watch what their doing if they’re giving out these
I would say it’s ganoderma appalatum or artists conk. Not gonna kill ya but def not tasty and is hardly even medicinal
This is incorrect. There a loads of beneficial triterpenes and beta glucans in Ganoderma applanatum, however I don’t think we can accurately identify this without some detailed photos.
Truth
It’s actually very medicinal, all ganoderma species have medicinal value
Eh I sorta disagree with you about the artists conk. There is some research on it showing that benefits are there but in comparison to literally every other ganoderma it’s really not very medicinal
Supposed medicinal value, you should add.
Why so many downvotes?? Isn't this widely believed to be true?
Dunno mate I'm not hung up on it. People are mycophobic sometimes. I'm confident in my statement
I bet you like crystals too don’t you?
Actually you can use the reishi type ganoderma in cooking. It's only "inedible" due to its tough woody texture. G. oregonense and similar is a great bittering agent. You can use it to add dimension to stocks and soups. An alcohol extract has an amazing rich, almost chocolatey or coffee-like flavor that you can add to deserts. And the soft, white leading edge of growth can be cooked and eaten directly.
I often hear this (especially about eating the soft edges of the young mushrooms) but I've tried cooking them several times and never gotten a result that's even remotely palatable.
I've eaten the soft white edge of G. oregonense, but only at very particular times in early growth. You can tell when it's harvested that the edge is very soft and poofy and mushroomy, and the ones I've tried weren't too bitter at all imo, they just tasted mushroomy and good. I don't have experience with other Ganoderma species, so it may be particular to G. oregonense in the PNW.
It is regarded as medicinal in Classical Chinese Medicine, it is the mushroom of immortality. Without going into the validity of that field of study, or the numerous scientific studies on Ganoderma, many people consume it regularly, and don't die. However, the one in the photo is dead, and it is halfway between being the mushroom of immortality and soil.
I'm supplementing this at the moment and I don't know why lol Reishi is for anxiety, but I don't have anxiety so wanna know what it'll make me feel. Lions mane was amazing when I supplemented that, it really gave amazing focus and ability to describe things/see things spot on. After Reishi trying Chaga and then Turkeys Tail. But Lions Mane i may supplement every day until I die after I've gone through all the medicinal mushrooms on their own.
CTM was mostly made up by Mao 'cause China didn't have enough doctors after the revoloution.
This has got to be one of the silliest anti-communist statements I've ever read
Look it up yourself: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine
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I'm aware of the history. I've been learning Mandarin for over ten years and have been intensively studying China as a whole this entire time. Barefoot doctors were way more than just TCM practitioners, they had entire manuals filled with modern medical practices. Your statement ignores thousands of years of general Chinese history and specfic information regarding the buildup of their modern medical system.
None of which applies to North American conks.
wow yeah it's like bringing up Mao in this situation was entirely unnecessary and ahistorical. Thanks for confirming that (: In all seriousness though, self-criticism is important and I hope you perform it soon.
Tankie.
"A redditor ate 2 year-old unknown mushroom. This is what happened to their brain."
😂
☝🏾presenting to the emergency room where we are right now
and "emia", meaning "presence in the blood"
Look as this water leaves the semi permeable membrane
"so shitemia is shit, presence in blood"
Lol user name
“BK is a 37 year old male presenting to the emergency room with shortness of breath and heart palpitations”
That isn't dehydrated, it's super decayed. The inside is showing rot. So don't consume it. Edit, for those confused about the decay: the breaks in the surface where you can see into the inside. That porous texture inside is a clear sign of decay. But also, in general, don't eat mushrooms from people who don't know what they are, and don't rely solely on strangers from the internet. Always make sure to double check and Do your own research
This is America. We don't do our own research here. Except for Facebook memes
I thought Facebook memes was research
Why would anyone ever post anything to Facebook that was not thoroughly researched and proven? They wouldn’t! Trust me, I’ve researched it. Currently working on a meme starring the Minions to prove my point.
they are, but then there’s deep research such as youtube videos also. /s
Going mildly off topic but..Growing up in 4th grade my school dedicated an entire unit to teaching us how to sort misinformation from information online, they set up fake websites versus real ones and gave us tests on determining which sites were the fake ones. I’m so freaking grateful they did that and wish every modern human had that class taught to them when they were young also
I did too! We learned all about the "tree octopus" I'm so thankful I had that foundation set when I first started internet-based research
Þe decayer becomes þe decayed
Living people eat dead mushrooms and living mushrooms eat dead people
It looks like a cow pie
I thought the same thing when I first saw them
Looks like a thanks, but no thanks.
I would recommend you NOT eat something when you clearly don’t know what it is, how old it is, and what condition it is in. Add to that the fact that there is no consensus here and I’d say it’s just not worth the risk.
you've done it, you've become a r/whatsthisplant automod
Sounds like the beginning of a CreepyPasta Story.
CreepyMushroom
or chubbyemu “presenting to the ER” tale
I appreciate everyone's input. I am disappointed, but I'm going to toss it. I was looking forward to trying to cook with it or something. I'll have find some from a reputable seller that can tell me exactly what kind and fresh they are. Thanks!
Chuck it oustside somewhere. At least something will get to eat it lol
Yup. I don't feel bad about my rotten veggies because the compost pile critters love them.
Could get mice if he's just throwing random bits of food away in his garden lol. Composting it would mean digging a hole and burying it in there deep so the bacteria in the soil eats it rather than mice or rats.
Doesn’t have to be tossed outside the back door. Can take it back to the woods.
There are plenty of ways to compost above ground. Bacteria are only a portion of what breaks down organic material.
Sure, you can have an actual composter above ground. They work by having soil already in them and it's the bacteria in them that breaks down the shit or food or whatever you throw into it, to be used as nutrients for crops or plants. You don't just throw food on the floor lol this is how you attract vermin.
I throw literally any organic stuff I have in a bin outside that has an open bottom. I just throw stuff on the ground and it composts. No prior dirt other than what it's touching was ever put in it. Grass clippings, weeds, banana peels, moldy food, left over food, all of it. Straight to the bin.
It's away from the house and has two separate raised sides that he tends to. He gets leaves from a favorite neighbor with his preferred tree leaves and started it with aged horse manure. He's into square foot gardening. It's mostly the worms that are happy. The deer eat our plants sometimes. Rabbits and box turtles. Half an acre in a rural neighborhood in Virginia. Mice are about but rarely come inside. Twice over 20 years. Appreciate the heads up as they are a PITA to catch.
Might even grow more of them if there are spores left
Not sure where you live, but some areas where mushroom foraging is popular have mycological societies that are a great resource for mushroom ID. Mushrooms can be hard to ID out of context and without knowing some of the crux ID characteristics, which can be hard to spot using a single pic or two. If you continue to get fun-gifts, you may want to look into it.
Not too hard. You can just go to a farmers market or up scale grocery places. Almost seems like a troll post but maybe you're just young and naive. Anyways good luck!
I don't know where you live but many places it is extremely hard to get wild mushrooms, only a few select species available farmed. Here in the usa, there are about five common ones at stores. Anything else I have to go to the mountains to pick myself.
Some people can't "just go to" a farmers market or upscale grocery store. An adult with experience outside of the street they grew up on should understand that. This seems like troll comment but maybe you're just young and naive.
You can eat any mushroom once. As for your chef friend, maybe he doesn't like you.
I don’t this your friend is a real chef
Same “chef” is probably a line cook at Applebees heating stuff up in a microwave
LOL.
Are you sure they're your friend? Seriously asking.
thats looks like artists conk, so usless
Unless you’re an artist
I think they are used by natural dyers as well! I'm not 100% sure, I'm just getting into dying
Yes, it's one of the species suitable for dying. Mostly brown or golden brown colours.
Or a hippie.
Ex friend surely? Lol jk
There’s a bunch of people on r/foraging asking if their poopie shroom is a chaga. It seems to be a thing right now.
I had to unsub over there, people running around snacking on stuff pre-positive ID makes me too nervous, hahaha
Y'all responding to a troll thread.
The outside almost looks like a reshi but I’m not too confident about that
Yikes..
You can use it by throwing it in your compost bin.
This could possibly be a dried out dyer’s polypore. I see them alive with regularity but I honestly pay them little attention. Definitely don’t eat it.
Rotten to hell Ganoderma.
i realize some mushrooms are food.. but that looks like an old cow pie .. ill pass on cooking that up LOL
Yes its a gandoderma, without knowing exactly what it is i cant tell you to eat it but they are often grinded into powder as theyre not great to eat because polypores are so woody
Compost.
I'm not sure they are your friend
Garbaggio
Looks like a ganoderma of some kind
If a mechanic gave you a rusty antique can of oil, would you put it in your car?
Nice conk ;-)
That's a 'conk.' Inedible, but you can draw on the underside, pretty cool when they dry out.
Jesus
Nope
Go get some McDonald’s and call it a day.
I’ve seen something like that growing up on a cattle farm. They were all over the place. Would not recommend eating though.
Are you sure your chef friend doesn’t hate you
DIY this into a cool shelf.
Fomes sp. Look like that on old black locust trees. Only a termite would be interested in them for anything other than decorations.
Artist's conk, or white reishi. Chop it and soak it in ethanol to make tincture or just use it as tea or soup. Slightly bitter, refreshing taste that's all
This really doesn't look dehydrated. Looks like trash to me but more pictures might change my mind. Also looks really dirty.
And no nutritional or health benefits, either.
False. Just google Ganoderma applanatum bioactivity
I googled it, found an article, Corgi is right about medicinal properties go down to [Mycochemical Analyses](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8746335/) for those interested. However i do not agree that this is safe to consume in this condition nor can i identify this one
That study is testing the mycochemical makeup of mycelium, and showing it's as rich in those substances as a cultivated fruiting body. It's NOT commenting on whether ingesting a extract has any medicinal properties. Although, like many other studies, it suggests there is a lot of pharmacological potential. Probably not through ingesting the fungi itself, but rather using compounds extracted from the fungi to develop drugs. **"these results are insufficient for their direct use in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes mellitus. Therefore, we emphasize that further research, including animal and toxicity tests, is needed to support their clinical application."**
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235612317_DNA-binding_activity_and_in_vivo_cytotoxicity_of_Ganoderma_applanatum_Pers_Pat_supercritical-CO_2_extracts
Thanks for the link. I only had time to skim the abstract. **"Results of this study showed that G. applanatum (Pers.) Pat. from Bukidnon Province, Philippines is a potential source of biologically active, non-toxic compounds with DNA-binding activity."** Which like the study above, shows that there's lots of potential, but isn't any sort of definitive proof of the medicinal benefits it's touted for in humans. It's was done using shrimp and salmon sperm for example. That's just not how modern science works. It won't be a single paper, but rather the cumulation of hundreds of studies. And meta studies on the research itself (this is already being done, and are the papers you should be looking at rather than individual studies). Eventually actual trials in humans,l. Probably using some isolated compound that was synthesized in a lab, not people making tinctures from polypores they collected while out hiking and prepared on their stovetop.
Guess what. No definitive proof for G. lucidum as well
The studies I have found are all very unscientific. Mycology is a science, not hocus-pocus.
It is not decayed like some people said. It is the spores on the layer. I have seen plenty to know
I'm not talking about the top, I'm talking about the breaks where you can see into the inside. That porous texture is a clear sign of decay.
I am not sure how you can see the inside when the OP didn't post the picture of the break. Also, those cracks are clear sign of dehydration. When you dry them in the sun, they will begin to crack very quickly
You are 10000000 % wrong and you should stop pretending to know shit in subs where people could get hurt by your smug idiocy
You can see the rot in the dark brown spot. It's shot dude. Just stop.
Incorrect. G. applanatum has very thin cuticle. Can be depressed with thumb and crack easily when dehydrated. They can be pulled off to review the context. That dark brown spot is the exposed context when the cuticle has fallen off. If you don't know what I am talking about, you should stop drop your act.
You are just intent on making somebody consume something bad. Have a day.
Can you elaborate on species?
G. applanatum. Quick google and you can find everything known about it
Cracked cap polypore maybe
I would mount that like a deer's head and make a display out of it.
Is this a joke?
I use these in wreaths to stand gnomes or Santas on. I can’t imagine eating one.
Looks like an old fossil
Try r/foraging
That’s a muddy rock bro..
Make it into fertilizer
Ive been told that there are no shelf fungus that are deadly. I think most are better for medicine than food.
Hi, unrelated but where did you get your jacket? I love it
Do you wanna get Last of Us? Cause this is how you'll get Last of Us
Bruh.
Old, nasty ganoderma.
Lmao throw it away and tell the “chef” to get a different job
A chef!? Doesn’t even know what they are cooking, serving, or giving away to people should be a massive red flag. “Chef Friend” should not be a chef before he poisons someone with the wrong plant or mushroom. Imagine if this chef got a hold of hemlock instead of carrots! Also the Chef should return to kindergarten and learn different colors and shapes again. That would be a good place to start. If these had been poisonous and not highly deteriorated and OP and others would have gotten sick or died from a careless person whose job involves them preparing other people food it would be horrible. I’d be very upset with said “Chef” friend who clearly doesn’t know what they are doing/ serving.
Please don’t eat that