Ganoderma lucidum and Professor Zhi-Bin Lin

Ganoderma lucidum and Professor Zhi-Bin Lin

ments represent an exemplary in developing herbal medications. Inspired by the results from the study of lingzhi, Professor Lin extended his research into many other medicinal herbs, including Tremella fuciformis, Wolfiporia extensa, and Lentinula edodes, and made many discoveries (Lin, 2011). Professor Lin was a visiting scholar at University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, Honorary Professor at ...

Reishi or Ling Zhi (Ganoderma lucidum)

In Latin, lucidum means shiny or brilliant and aptly describes this mushroom’s fruiting body, which has a modeled, sculptured, varnished appearance. The Chinese and Koreans know it as Ling Zhi (mushroom of herb and immortality), whereas the Japanese call this mushroom reishi or mannentake (10,000 year mushroom). The virtues of G. lucidum extracts, handed down from generation to generation, incl...

Ganoderma lucidum

The Species Identity of the Widely Cultivated Ganoderma, ‘G. lucidum’ (Ling-zhi), in China

Ling-zhi, a widely cultivated fungus in China, has a long history in traditional Chinese medicine. Although the name 'Ganoderma lucidum', a species originally described from England, has been applied to the fungus, their identities are not the same. This study aims to clarify the identity of this medicinally and economically important fungus. Specimens of Ling-zhi from China (field collections ...

Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma neo-japonicum and Grifola frondosa towards rat