Mycosphere essays 1: Taxonomic confusion in the Ganoderma lucidum species complex

Mycosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 542-559

  Hapuarachchi, K K ^a,b,c   Wen, Ting Chi ^a   Deng, C Y ^d   Kang, J C ^a   Hyde, K D ^b,c  

^a GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Guizhou Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Ganoderma lucidum complex; Lingzhi; Morphology; Phylogenetic analyses; Taxonomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958741944     PISSN: 20777000     EISSN: 20777019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5943/mycosphere/6/5/4     Document Type: Article

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