Can anyone identify this fungus?

I strongly assume its a prennial fuiting body of a Ganoderma species.Here a link to the typical features of basidiospore from Ganoderma

 Maybe Ganoderma pfeifferi...microscopic identification! 

Ganoderma pfeifferi is a European relative of Ganoderma lucidum, but it doesn't occur in India!

Maybe this could help you!

Looks like  Ganoderma species. However, it requires further analysis like microscopy/ molecular identification to confirm the exact status of species.

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I think this is a Fomes fomentarius for which typical are perennial fruit bodies.

It seems to me that is Fomitopsis.

Ganoderma sp.

However, it requires further analysis morphology and molecular identification to confirm the exact status of species.

Need  to study morphotaxonomy

I don't think so, that G. pfeifferi (the correct name is Ganoderma cupreolaccatum) truly occures in India. Maybe it is a misidentification. The European G. cupreolaccatum (G. pfeifferi) is clearly a perennial species with trimitic hyphal system. It would be useful if you examined the microscopical characters of the specimen.

Please compare with Fomitopsis pinicola. This species can form a lacquer layer and high fruiting bodies. 

I'd agree with Vasyl and Fomitopsis pinicola.  The red-orange, ochre margin, is also typical.  Which tree species was this fruiting on?

To distinguish between Ganoderma and Fomes it is needed to observe their spores.

Ganoderma spores are usually double-walled, truncate and yellow to brown color.

In my country, the main substrats for Fomitopsis pinicola are Abies and Picea but the fungus is also fruiting on Fagus, Tilia, Cerasus avium etc. I never seen fruiting bodies on Pinus.

The fruiting body is similar to horse's hoof. Fomes fomentarius is usually massive fruiting body. Moreover, the tree species is an important for living the fungi as well as the color and shapes of fungi can be affected by host and geographical conditions in habitats of tree. 

could you give data on substrate and location ?

It looks like Fomes fomentarius. It has massive fruit body and it can grow on Betula that is to see on the pictures.

Fomes sp

Fomes fomentarius grow on birch

Please send microscopic photo of spores and mycelium.

My  expertise is on fungal taxonomy of micro fungi only. For macro fungal (mushroom) identification, a well expertise person can do the analysis on such group of fungi.

Send the photos to Tuomo Niemelä. Em-address tuomo.niemelä@helsinki.fi

Good luck! MR

What is the plant that this fungus infected. A palm? coconut palm? It look like Ganoderma sp. to me. But I appreciate if you can send more photos of the fungus, on MEA & PDA. show the top & the reverse pictures of the culture.

Fomes fomentarius does not have the reddish marginal zone, and the pores are too large for Ganoderma, this is Fomitopsis.

Ganoderma species 

Probably Fomitopsis sp.

I think it shoud be Fomitopsis pinicola

Fomes fomentarius

I think it may be Fomitopsis pinicola