Ganoderma lucidum
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Ganoderma lucidum, commonly known as the reishi, varnished conk, or ling chih,[2] is a red-colored species of Ganoderma with a limited distribution in Europe and parts of China, where it grows on decaying hardwood trees.[3] Wild populations have been found in the United States in California and Utah but were likely introduced anthropogenically and naturalized.[1]
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Ganoderma lucidum | |
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Ganoderma growing under oak in California[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Ganodermataceae |
Genus: | Ganoderma |
Species: | G. lucidum |
Binomial name | |
Ganoderma lucidum Karst (1881) | |
Synonyms | |
Boletus lucidus (Curtis) Polyporus lucidus (Murrill) |
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