Where does Ganoderma lucidum grow?

Ganoderma lucidum, also known as Linzhongling, Qiongzhen, Ruicao, etc., is the fruit body of Ganoderma lucidum of Polyporaceae fungus. Since ancient times, it has been regarded as a magical treasure of nourishing and strengthening body resistance by ancient medicine experts. It has the effects of invigorating qi and calming the mind, relieving cough and asthma, prolonging life, and is used for dizziness, insomnia, palpitations, shortness of breath, neurasthenia, asthenia and cough. Let's take a look at where Ganoderma lucidum grows.

Where does Ganoderma grow?

Ganoderma lucidum is a famous medicinal material at home and abroad. It grows in the forest with the best quality and highest efficacy. It mainly grows in humid places, born at the base of rotten wood of various broad-leaved trees and its surrounding ground. Its stalk is born on underground rotten roots and rotten wood. At present, it is also planted in artificial greenhouses. At present, there are more than 100 species of Ganoderma fungi known, the most widely distributed is Ganoderma lucidum, followed by Ganoderma lucidum, as well as tree tongue, pine Ganoderma lucidum and book Ganoderma lucidum for medicinal purposes.

Where is Ganoderma lucidum produced?

Ganoderma lucidum is mainly distributed in the tropics and subtropics of Asia, Australia, Africa and America, and a few are distributed in temperate regions. It is widely distributed in China, Zhejiang Longquan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui Huoshan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces have partial output, among which Zhejiang Longquan, Anhui, Shandong Tai 'an area of Ganoderma lucidum planting scale is relatively concentrated.

The growing environment of Ganoderma lucidum

1. Temperature: Ganoderma lucidum fruiting body primordium can occur in large quantities at 25~30℃, less occurs below 22℃, and it is easy to form tumor-like protrusions after primordium formation above 34℃. The cap grows faster at 28~30℃, and the quality is better at 24~26℃.

2, humidity: Ganoderma lucidum fruiting body on the humidity needs of high humidity, constant humidity characteristics, suitable relative humidity of 90~95%, and requirements from the primordium to the fruiting body mature, should keep the humidity relatively constant.

3. Air: Ganoderma lucidum fruiting body can be differentiated normally when the volume fraction of carbon dioxide is less than 0.1%. The cap differentiation is faster when the volume fraction of carbon dioxide in air is 0.03~0.06%, and it is difficult to differentiate when the volume fraction of carbon dioxide is above 0.1%.

4. Light: Ganoderma lucidum fruiting body is very sensitive to light, light intensity and light direction have a great impact on the growth of fruiting body, when the intensity is 4000~ 6000LX, the fruiting body develops normally, when the light is strong, the stipe is small, the cap is not differentiated or forms a small and thin cap.

What kinds of Lingzhi are there?

1. Green Ganoderma: Green Ganoderma is similar to Coriolus versicolor. Its cover surface has blue, dark blue, brown, white and black variegated hairs arranged in a ring and shiny, feather-like and other shapes. In ancient literature, it has the main function of "improving eyesight and tonifying liver qi".

2. Ganoderma lucidum: Ganoderma lucidum is one of the most effective species in Ganoderma lucidum. It grows beside oak trees and other broad-leaved tree stakes. It likes to be born in places with high vegetation density, short light, fertile topsoil and moist looseness. It has been cultivated artificially. The medicinal part is its fruiting body.

3. Huangzhi: Huangzhi is sulfur fungus, born on the trunk and dead standing wood of willow, spruce and other living trees. The cover surface is orange-red, orange-yellow to yellow. After drying, it is yellow-white. It can be eaten when young and tender. It can regulate the body, improve health and resist diseases.

4. Ganoderma lucidum: The fungus of Ganoderma lucidum is white in flesh, such as horseshoe shape, and the larger one is several catties. It grows in pine trees at an altitude of 3200 meters. It grows singly on the dried birch trees in needle and broad-leaved forests. It has the effects of coughing up qi, benefiting lung qi, promoting mouth and nose, strengthening will and calming soul.

5. Black Ganoderma lucidum: The cover surface of black Ganoderma lucidum is brown, dark brown, dark brown to black and has black long handle. It is distributed on the ground and underground buried wood in Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan, Hainan, Guangxi, Xizang and other places, or attached to rotten wood in the soil.

6. Zizhi: Zizhi is like Ganoderma lucidum. Its cap is semicircular. It is reddish brown above, shiny and clouded. It is light yellow below. It has fine holes. Its stalk is long and shiny. It is born on the roots of dead trees in mountainous areas. It can benefit essence and strengthen bones. The ancients thought it was auspicious grass, and Taoism thought it was immortal grass.