The difference between wild Ganoderma lucidum and cultivated Ganoderma lucidum

We know that wild Ganoderma lucidum is a very precious and scarce medicinal material. At present, a variety has been cultivated successfully in China. So what is the difference between wild and cultivated Ganoderma lucidum?

1. Different colors and shapes

According to the difference of growth environment, wild Ganoderma lucidum mostly grows on some kind of dead tree trunk in the deep mountain forest, and there are many weeds and rocks next to it, so the shape and color of wild Ganoderma lucidum are various, and the planting of Ganoderma lucidum is based on the planting base. although growers also deliberately imitate the growth environment of wild Ganoderma lucidum, most of them are uniform in size and shape, and the color is roughly the same.

2. Different varieties

There are hundreds of species of wild Ganoderma lucidum in the world. At present, more than 90 species have been clearly studied in China. There are still some varieties to be further developed. At present, there is only one kind of cultivated Ganoderma lucidum, that is, Ganoderma lucidum, also known as pine Ganoderma lucidum, which has a handle.

3. Different growth periods

Wild Ganoderma lucidum, except sessile Ganoderma lucidum in China, is mostly perennial fruiting body. Some wild Ganoderma lucidum has a growing period of hundreds of years, and its accumulated medicinal value is more significant. Its magical effect puts a layer of mysterious color on the wild Ganoderma lucidum. Extremely rare. The growing period of cultivated Ganoderma lucidum is only one month.

4. Different medicinal values.

The longer the growth period of wild Ganoderma lucidum, the stronger the drug accumulation. The medicinal effect of cultivated Ganoderma lucidum is not as good as that of one generation after another, and in the fourth generation, the medicinal value of cultivated Ganoderma lucidum is very little.

5. Different growth environments

Most of the wild Ganoderma lucidum lives on living tree trunks, bark, stakes or rotten wood. On the other hand, Ganoderma lucidum is cultivated on rotten wood. Like the perennial wild Ganoderma lucidum, it is called the tree tongue. Is growing on living tree trunks. It can't be cultivated at all.

6. Reproduction is different.

Wild Ganoderma lucidum is sexually inherited by basidiospores. Two males and one female combine to reproduce into another small wild Ganoderma lucidum. The cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum is asexual inheritance. The way of regrowth is accomplished by mycelial division.

Wild Ganoderma lucidum is very rare, and it is mostly artificially planted in the market, so we must learn to identify it when we buy it.