The species identity of the widely cultivated ganoderma, 'G. lucidum' (ling-zhi), in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Xin Cun ^a,b   Xi, Rui Jiao ^a,b   Li, Yi ^a,b   Wang, Dong Mei ^a   Yao, Yi Jian ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVATED SPECIES; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; GANODERMA; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GANODERMA MULTIPILEUM; GANODERMA RESINACEUM; GANODERMA SICHUANENSE; GANODERMA TROPICUM; GANODERMA WEBERIANUM; MICROSCOPY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISMS BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REISHI;

BOVISTA; FUNGI; GANODERMA; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GANODERMA RESINACEUM; GANODERMA TROPICUM; GANODERMA WEBERIANUM;

EID: 84864104927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040857     Document Type: Article

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