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Lacquered Bracket

Ganoderma lucidum · Family Ganodermataceae · Updated October 2026

915US records

43states

Octbusiest month

915 US records since 1878 (79 in the last 10 years)

Last seen Oct 13, 2023 (about 3 years ago) in Redwood Regional Park, CA, photographed by an iNaturalist user, with the ID agreed on by other iNaturalist users (research grade). Most US records come from New Jersey, Illinois and Florida, and the busiest months are Oct, Aug and Sep. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)

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When it's recorded

Records by month, all years. Busiest: Oct, Aug, Sep.

Where it's recorded

State	Records	Latest sighting
New Jersey	205	Nov 3, 2019
Illinois	87	Aug 23, 2001
Florida	67	Dec 8, 2016
New York	54	Aug 11, 1977
Ohio	39	Jun 6, 2019
Pennsylvania	39	2019
Wisconsin	34	Jul 10, 2010
North Carolina	33	Sep 25, 2015
Louisiana	31	Mar 23, 2011
Connecticut	28	1992-09
Tennessee	26	Oct 16, 2017
California	22	Oct 13, 2023

Top counties

Sussex County, NJ (37) · latest Sep 28, 2019
Ocean County, NJ (29) · latest Oct 26, 2019
Jackson County, IL (24) · latest Feb 21, 1990
Mercer County, NJ (24) · latest May 4, 2019
Morris County, NJ (22) · latest Jul 20, 2019
Burlington County, NJ (19) · latest Oct 6, 2018
New Castle County, DE (18) · latest Aug 17, 1896
Hamilton County, OH (16) · latest Oct 26, 1940
District of Columbia, DC (16) · latest Oct 8, 2013
Hunterdon County, NJ (15) · latest Aug 25, 2019

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