Ganoderma lucidum
| Ganoderma lucidum | |
|---|---|
| Ganoderma growing under oak in California | |
| 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) | |
| Ganoderma lucidum Mycological characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Pores on hymenium | |
| No distinct cap or offset | |
| Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable | |
| Stipe is bare or lacks a stipe | |
| Spore print is brown | |
| Ecology is parasitic | |
| Edibility is too hard to eat | |
Ganoderma lucidum, commonly known as the reishi, varnished conk, or ling chih, is a red-colored species of Ganoderma with a limited distribution in Europe and parts of China, where it grows on decaying hardwood trees. Wild populations have been found in the United States in California and Utah but were likely introduced anthropogenically and naturalized.
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