Tinder fungus varnished (Reishi mushroom)

Reishi Mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)

Systematics:

• Department: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
• Branch: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
• Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
• Subclass: Incertae sedis (Uncertain)
• Order: Polyporales (Polypore)
• Family: Ganodermataceae (Ganoderma)
• Genus: Ganoderma (Ganoderma)
• Species: Ganoderma lucidum (Tinder fungus varnished (Mushroom Reishi))

Synonyms:

• Tinder fungus varnished

• Ganoderma

• Ganoderma varnished

• Ganoderma brilliant

Tinder funnel varnished, or Ganoderma varnished (lat.Ganoderma lucidum) – fungus of the genus Ganoderma (lat. Ganoderma) of the family Ganoderma (lat. Ganodermataceae).

Lacquer tinder found in almost all countries of the world at the base of weakened and dying trees, and also on dead hardwood, very rarely on coniferous wood. Occasionally a varnish tinder is found on living trees, but more often fruiting bodies are found on stumps, not far from the soil surface. Sometimes basidiomas grown on submerged tree roots can be found directly on soil. From July to late autumn.

Hat 3-8×10-25×2-3 cm, kidney-shaped or almost ovoid, flat, very dense and ligneous. The skin is smooth, shiny, uneven, wavy, divided into many concentric growth rings having various shades. The color of the hat varies from reddish to brown-violet, or (sometimes) black with a yellowish tint and well visible growth rings.

Leg 5-25 cm in height, 1-3 cm in ∅, lateral, long, cylindrical, uneven and very dense. The pores are small and rounded 4-5 per 1 mm². The tubes are short, ocher. Spore brown powder.

Pulpy ocher color, very hard, odorless and tasteless. The pulp is first spongy, then ligneous. The pores are initially whitish, turn yellow and brown with age.

The mushroom is inedible, used exclusively for medical goals.

Spread Tinder Lacquered – saprophyte, a wood destroyer (causes white rot). Meets in almost all countries of the world at the base of the weakened and dying trees, and also on dead hardwood, very rarely on coniferous wood. Occasionally tincture varnished found on living trees, but more often fruiting bodies found on stumps, not far from the surface of the soil. Sometimes fruiting bodies grown on tree roots submerged in the ground, can be found directly on the soil. During growth, the mushroom may pick twigs, leaves and other rubbish into a hat. In Russia a tinder fungus varnished is distributed mainly in southern areas, in Stavropol and Krasnodar territories, in the North Caucasus. IN temperate latitudes are less common than in the subtropics.

Recently, it has spread widely in Altai, in places conducting predatory logging.

Season: from July to late autumn.

Cultivation Cultivation Ganoderma lucidum is carried out exclusively for medical purposes. Raw material for for the production of biologically active substances traditionally serve as fruit body, much less often the vegetative mycelium of this fungus. Fruit bodies receive by extensive and intensive technologies. Vegetative mycelium Ganoderma lucidum obtained by the method submerged cultivation.

Reishi mushroom is highly regarded and cultivated in Southeast countries. Of Asia.

Application Mushroom Ganoderma lucidum is one of the famous basidiomycetes, used for medicinal purposes for more than two thousand years by peoples South-East Asia. Lingzhi is mentioned in many ancient Chinese medical books: “Herbalist Shen Nong” (Shen Nun Ben Cao Qin) “Compendium of Medicinal Substances” and others. Monograph (Ben Cao Gan Mu) describes Linzhi as the “upper” medicine, which means – the most precious heavenly remedy for disease. Also the books described in detail the characteristics, methods of application and therapeutic effects of Linzhi: “… the smell is not sharp, the taste is slightly bitter, designed to eliminate chest overflow, increase qi (energy) of the heart, nutrition of the middle part of the body, strengthening memory. Linzhi-based drugs dilate the coronary artery of the heart, enrich blood with oxygen, eliminate coronary heart disease (IHD), prevent myocardial infarction, normalize heart activity. It was used for a variety of diseases, including the number of bronchial asthma, neurasthenia, gastritis, diseases the liver.

Intensive research of Ganoderma lucidum over recent decades have shown that biologically active substances, isolated from this fungus have immunomodulatory, antitumor, antiviral, antibiotic, hypolipidemic, hypoglycemic, hepatoprotective, genoprotective, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergenic, antioxidant effect, able to regulate the work cardiovascular, respiratory and nervous systems.

Photo mushroom Tinder fungus varnished (Reishi mushroom) from questions in recognition:

2016.12.02 Maria 2018.11.04 Vitalij 01/01/16 Sergey 2018.12.06 Svetlana 07/07/2012 Alex 2018.10.29 Yuri