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Ganoderma lucidum

Ganoderma lucidum is one of the most beautiful mushrooms in the world, if you ask me. When very young its varnished surface is Chinese red, bright yellow, and white (see the bottom illustrations). Later the white and yellow shades disappear, but the resulting varnished, reddish to reddish brown surface is still quite beautiful and distinctive. While Ganoderma lucidum is annual and does not actually grow more each year like some perennial polypores, its fruiting body is quite tough and can last for months.

Ganoderma tsugae is virtually identical; see the comments below for help separating look-alikes.

Description:

Ecology: Parasitic on living hardwoods (especially oaks) and saprobic on the deadwood of hardwoods; causing a white butt and root rot; growing alone or gregariously, usually near the base of the tree; annual; widely distributed east of the Rocky Mountains, and occasionally recorded in the western states.

Cap: 2-30 cm; at first irregularly knobby or elongated, but by maturity more or less fan-shaped; with a shiny, varnished surface often roughly arranged into lumpy "zones"; red to reddish brown when mature; when young often with zones of bright yellow and white toward the margin.

Pore Surface: Whitish, becoming dingy brownish in age; usually bruising brown; with 4-7 tiny (nearly invisible to the naked eye) circular pores per mm; tubes to 2 cm deep.

Stem: Sometimes absent, but more commonly present; 3-14 cm long; up to 3 cm thick; twisted; equal or irregular; varnished and colored like the cap; often distinctively angled away from one side of the cap.

Flesh: Brownish; fairly soft when young, but soon tough.

Spore Print: Brown.

Chemical Reactions: KOH black or blackish on all surfaces.

Microscopic Features: Spores 9-12 x 5.5-8 µ; more or less elliptical, sometimes with a truncated end; appearing smooth at lower magnifications; under oil immersion appearing double-walled, with a row of "pillars" between the walls. Setae and cystidia absent. Hyphal system dimitic.

REFERENCES: (Curtis, 1781) Karsten, 1881. (Fries, 1821; Saccardo, 1912; Overholts, 1953; Arora, 1986; Gilbertson & Ryvarden, 1986; Lincoff, 1992; Metzler & Metzler, 1992; Horn, Kay & Abel, 1993; Barron, 1999; McNeil, 2006; Kuo, 2007; Binion et al., 2008.) Herb. Kuo 04299504, 09040301.

Ganoderma resinaceum is a synonym, according to some authors.

Ganoderma tsugae is found on conifer wood--especially on hemlock--and has paler flesh; otherwise it is virtually indistinguishable from Ganoderma lucidum. Ganoderma oregonense is a conifer lover of the Pacific Northwest and New Mexico; it has larger spores (10-16 x 7.5-9 µ) and a much larger fruiting body (up to one meter across!). Ganoderma curtisii, known from Massachusetts to Nebraska, grows on hardwoods and has a cap that is described as "entirely ochraceous when young, or partly ochraceous and partly dull red in mature plants" (Overholts, p. 213).

Further Online Information:

Ganoderma lucidum at Roger's Mushrooms
Ganoderma lucidum at Fungi of Poland

DXN RGGL

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DXN Reishi Gano(RG)- The Cleanser DXN Reishi Gano is pulverized Ganoderma lucidum powder (220mg capsules). The Ganoderma lucidum used are harvested from a 90-day old red mushroom which contains more than 200 active elements. The major elements found are polysaccharides, adenosine, triterpenes, essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals. Daily intake of Reishi Gano assists in the maintenance of general well-being. 

Benefits OF DXN Reishi Gano Supplementation of RG can effectively help our bodies in: improving general health strengthening immune system improving body function attaining organ system equilibrium regulating digestive system improving blood circulation DXN Ganocelium(GL) - The Balancer DXN Ganocelium is pulverized mycelium of Ganoderma lucidum (450mg capsules). It is different from Reishi Gano that the Ganoderma lucidum used are harvested from a 18-day old Mycelium of Ganoderma lucidum. The mycelium are rich in polysaccharides, adenosine, organic germanium, triterpenes, vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids. It has excellent effects in the improvement of general well-being.

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Benefits OF DXN Ganocelium GL helps the body in improving total body function and promotes effective blood circulation. It also supports the body in the regenerative process.                             

Packaging size

- RG 90 capsule; 270mg/capsule

- GL 90 capsule; 450mg/capsule

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