{"id":15213,"date":"2024-03-19T11:02:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T10:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/southern-bracket\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T12:25:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T11:25:16","slug":"southern-bracket","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/southern-bracket\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern bracket"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text el_id=”topentry” el_class=”topentry”]Southern Bracket has a horseshoe-shaped wavy cap and belongs to the bracket fungi and is a parasite of living deciduous trees.
\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1532162142715{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”15205″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”img_link_large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1532162092980{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_class=”entrytxt”]Southern bracket<\/strong> (Ganoderma australe)<\/em>. This fungus has a horseshoe-shaped wavy cap and belongs to the bracket fungi (Ganoderma)<\/em>. This fungus is found mainly in western and southern Europe and in some parts of Asia and North America; it’s very common and widespread in Britain The southern bracket is a parasite of living deciduous trees, although the fungus is also sometimes found on a conifer.
\nThe southern bracket is found on the trunks of deciduous trees. The spores of the southern bracket infect the tree through small wounds on a tree. The fungus grows on dead parts of the tree, where it causes white rot. The infestation weakens the tree, making it vulnerable to branch breakage. Eventually, the tree dies from weakening.
\nThe brown fruiting body has a white border and the underside with the pore layer is pale white. Sometimes the fungi grow tile-like on top of each other. The top of the fungus and surrounding area is often dusted with reddish-brown spores.
\nThe southern bracket is far too tough to be edible.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Where to find” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1537946500082{background-color: #536895 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_id=”entrytxt” el_class=”entrytxt” css=”.vc_custom_1710842691839{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n