What is the Chinese "Lingzhi"? - a taxonomic mini-review

Mycology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-4

  Yang, Zhu L ^a   Feng, Bang ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

epitype selection; Ganoderma; lingzhi; nomenclature; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; GANODERMA; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GANODERMA SINENSE;

EID: 84877927105     PISSN: 21501203     EISSN: 21501211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2013.774299     Document Type: Article

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