Nature Atlas

How Nature Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Specy

Reishi

Fungi

Ganoderma lucidum, commonly known as reishi, varnished conk, lacquered bracket or lingzhi, is a red-colored species of Ganoderma with a limited natural distribution in Europe and parts of China, where it grows on decaying hardwood trees.

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 1
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 1
Scientific Name
Ganoderma lingzhi 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Polyporales, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Reishi
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Lingzhi (mushroom)
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q97958947 (P225 taxon name)
  • grows at base/stumps of deciduous trees
  • used in traditional Chinese medicine
  • may be cultivated on hardwood logs, sawdust, or woodchips
View the Source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Reishi
  • Wikidata Q97958947, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Polyporales, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.