Ganoderma lucidum complex ?

Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst., 1881 (syn: Agarico-igniarium trulla Paulet, 1793; Agaricus lignosus Lam., 1783; Agaricus pseudoboletus Jacq., 1778; Boletus castaneus Weber, 1787 .; Boletus crustatus J. J. Planer, 1788; Boletus flabelliformis Leyss., 1761; Boletus laccatus Timm, 1788; Boletus lucidus Curtis, 1781; Boletus ramulosum var. flabelliformis (Leyss.) J. F. Gmel., 1792; Boletus rugosus Jacq., 1774; Boletus supinus var. castaneus (Weber) J. F. Gmel., 1792; Boletus verniceus Brot., 1804; Boletus vernicosus Bergeret, 1783; Fomes japonicus (Fr.) Sacc., 1888; Fomes lucidus (Curtis) Sacc., 1888 …….; Fomes resinaceus var. martellii (Bres.) Sacc., 1895; Ganoderma japonicum (Fr.) Sawada, 1931; Ganoderma laccatum (Timm) Pat., 1897; Ganoderma lucidum f. alneum Bourdot & Galzin, 1925 ………………….. ; Ganoderma mongolicum Pilát, 1940; Ganoderma nitens Lázaro Ibiza, 1916; Ganoderma ostreatum Lázaro Ibiza, 1916 ..; Ganoderma pseudoboletus (Jacq.) Murrill, 1902; Ganoderma resinaceum var. martellii Bres., 1892; Grifola lucida (Curtis) Gray, 1821; Phaeoporus lucidus (Curtis) J. Schröt., 1888; Placodes lucidus (Curtis) Quél., 1888; Polyporus japonicus Fr., 1838; Polyporus laccatus (Timm) Pers., 1825 ………; Scindalma japonicum (Fr.) Kuntze, 1898);                       

 

 

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The lingzhi mushroom or reishi mushroom (traditional Chinese: 靈芝; pinyin: língzhī; Japanese: reishi; Vietnamese: linh chi; literally: “supernatural mushroom”) encompasses several fungal species of the genus Ganoderma, and most commonly refers to the closely related species, Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma tsugae. G. lucidum enjoys special veneration in East Asia, where it has been used as a medicinal mushroom in traditional Chinese medicine for more than 2,000 years,^[1] making it one of the oldest mushrooms known to have been used medicinally. Lingzhi is listed in the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and Therapeutic Compendium. 

Lingzhi is a polypore mushroom that is soft (when fresh), corky, and flat, with a conspicuous red-varnished, kidney-shaped cap and, depending on specimen age, white to dull brown pores underneath.^[8] It lacks gills on its underside and releases its spores through fine pores, leading to its morphological classification as a polypore. 

Ganoderma lucidum generally occurs in two growth forms, one, found in North America, is sessile and rather large with only a small or no stalk, while the other is smaller and has a long, narrow stalk, and is found mainly in the tropics. However, many growth forms exist that are intermediate to the two types, or even exhibit very unusual morphologies,^[8] raising the possibility that they are separate species. Environmental conditions also play a substantial role in the different morphological characteristics Lingzhi can exhibit. For example, elevated carbon dioxide levels result in stem elongation in Lingzhi. Other forms show “antlers’, without a cap and these may be affected by carbon dioxide levels as well. The species can also be differentiated by their colors in which the red reishi is the most researched kind. 

Ganoderma lucidum, and its close relative Ganoderma tsugae, grow in the northern Eastern Hemlock forests. These two species of bracket fungus have a worldwide distribution in both tropical and temperate geographical regions, growing as a parasite or saprotroph on a wide variety of trees.^[8] Similar species of Ganoderma have been found growing in the Amazon.^[19] In nature, Lingzhi grows at the base and stumps of deciduous trees, especially maple.^[20] Only two or three out of 10,000 such aged trees will have Lingzhi growth, and therefore its wild form is extremely rare. Today, Lingzhi is effectively cultivated both indoors under sterile conditions and outdoors on either logs or woodchip beds. 

(From Wikipedia  on 27.7.13)

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request for id (mixed thread): one correct image.  5 posts by 4 authors.

Request for Id- 251210RA1: This mushroom? quite hard, was seen at Sagar Upavan Mumbai this month.

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– I will call this specimen LOLLYPOP MUSHROOM

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– This is young stage of Ganoderma lucidum. It is a member of Polyporales (Basidiomycetes).

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please id this mushroom?: if possible please help me to identify this beauty.
is it mushroom? which one? important or common? edible or not?

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Yes it is Ganoderma lucidum.

on the net I found this info
Ganoderma lucidum, Reishi or Ling Zhi, a fungus used in oriental medicine.
this is the link to it
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/mar2005.html

efloraofindia:”For Id 08102011MR5’’ Resurfacing for Id Bracket fungii Pune:   Resurfacing for Id

This is Ganoderma

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Identified as Ganoderma lucidum as per another thread
https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/07363ba9eef3e088?hl=en#

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Mushroom For ID : SGNP,Mumbai : 240813 : AK-3 :  Attachments (1). Mushrooms seen in SGNP, Mumbai on 29/7/12.

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Those are some kind of Ganoderma

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Perhaps…  Ganoderma lucidum..

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this looks like G.lucidum complex..

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More fungus for ID ABAUG01/15 : 5 posts by 3 authors. 2 images.

This one shaped like a table lamp is from a couple of days ago. The top of the cap was bright orange made brighter by rain. Please bear with me for a couple of these posts. For future ones I will include spore prints.

I think it is also Ganoderma

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Ganoderma lucidum most probably

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Thank you … Is it the same mushroom which is prized in China for its medicinal properties?

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ID PLEASE OF THIS MUSHROOM/FUNGI/TOADSTOOL FROM CHANDIGARH’S RESERVE FORESTS : 5 posts by 4 authors. 2 images.

Could the members of this esteemed group help identify this, same vegetative piece. Clicked at the Patiali ki rao reserve forests, near Dhanas lake, Chandigarh.

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