Polypore flat (Ganoderma applanatum)
- Māhele: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Māhele: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa haʻahaʻa: Incertae sedis (no ke kūlana maopopo ʻole)
- Kauoha: Polyporales (Polypore)
- ʻOhana: Ganodermataceae (Ganoderma)
- ʻAno: Ganoderma (Ganoderma)
- Type: ʻO Ganoderma applanatum
ʻO Ganoderma lipsiense
Hiki i ka 40 kenimika ka laula o ka pāpale o ka ʻōpala palahalaha, ua palahalaha ma luna me ka sagging ʻole ʻole a i ʻole nā grooves, a ua uhi ʻia me kahi ʻōpala matte. Loaʻa pinepine ʻia i luna me ka pauka spore ʻulaʻula. ʻO ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka pāpale mai ka ʻeleʻele hina a hiki i ka ʻulaʻula, aia kahi ʻaoʻao ma waho, e ulu mau ana, keʻokeʻo a keʻokeʻo paha.
Spores - He nui loa ka laha ʻana o nā spores a puni, ʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele ke kala o ka pauka spore. He ʻano ovoid kā lākou. ʻO ka ʻāpana o ke kino hua o ka haʻiki e lawe ana i ka pauka spore (hymenophore) he tubular, keʻokeʻo a i ʻole keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo. Me ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, lilo koke ia i ʻeleʻele loa, ua hāʻawi kēia hōʻailona i ka haʻuki i kahi inoa kūikawā "ka halo a ka mea pena". Hiki iā ʻoe ke kaha kiʻi ma luna o kēia papa me kahi lāʻau a lāʻau paha.
Waewae – ʻaʻole ka hapa nui, i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa me ka wāwae ʻaoʻao pōkole.
He ʻoʻoleʻa ka pulp, ʻāʻī a i ʻole nā kumu lāʻau, inā ʻoki ʻia, he fibrous ma loko. ʻO ke kala ʻeleʻele, ka ʻeleʻele kokoleka, ka chestnut a me nā kala ʻē aʻe o kēia mau kala. Hiki i nā halo kahiko ke ʻeleʻele.
Ke ola nei ke kino hua o ka fungus no nā makahiki he nui, sessile. Aia i kekahi manawa kokoke i kekahi.
Māhele - ulu ma nā wahi a pau ma nā kumu a me nā lāʻau make o nā kumu lāʻau deciduous, ma kahi haʻahaʻa. Ka mea luku laau! Ma kahi e ulu ai ka haʻuki, hiki mai ke kaʻina o ka lāʻau keʻokeʻo a melemele-keʻokeʻo paha. I kekahi manawa hoʻopau i nā lāʻau deciduous nāwaliwali (ʻoi aku ka birch) a me ka lāʻau palupalu. Ua ulu nui ia mai Mei a Sepatemaba. Hoʻolaha nui ʻia ma ka ʻāpana haʻahaʻa o ka ʻāpana ʻākau.
Edibility - ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻai ʻia ka ʻaha, ʻoʻoleʻa kona ʻiʻo a ʻaʻohe ona ʻono.