Species clarification of the prize medicinal Ganoderma mushroom Lingzhi

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-62

  Cao, Yun ^a,b   Wu, Sheng Hua ^c,d   Dai, Yu Cheng ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

G. lucidum; Ganoderma lingzhi; Ganodermataceae; Medicinal fungus; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; GANODERMA; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GANODERMA TROPICUM; GANODERMA TSUGAE; GANODERMATACEAE;

EID: 84866071438     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: 18789129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13225-012-0178-5     Document Type: Article

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