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False lingzhi unmasked: Scientists crack the 245-year mystery behind a medicinal mushroom mix-up
Source: Phys.org · Published
In a new study published today in Plants, People, Planet, scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international collaborators clarify the distinction between Ganoderma lucidum, a European bracket fungus described in 1781, and Ganoderma lingzhi, the East Asian species widely associated with medicinal lingzhi or reishi.
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