-Kingdom Fungi: mushroom -Identification: lingzhi mushroom - family - ganodermataceae -Visual Description: shades of orange and brown. Appears to have something green on it as well -?Being a bracket fungi, reishi does not develop height. It's cap typically can reach cm in diameter. Reishi typically has a stem; 3 to 14 cm long; up to 3 cm thick; it has a varnished appearance and coloured like the cap.? (ediblewildfood.com) -Habitat: native to North America and Eurasia -Observed: growing on stump of tree on an urban university campus -Defining characteristic of mushrooms is its cap