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Photo by Musicwolf
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Field Notes

Description:

A hard mushroom with a knobby reddish stem.

Habitat:

Woodland edge, mixed forest.

Notes:

I was told this is a very valuable medicinal mushroom in China . . . . the Chinese young man that found it with me was VERY excited. He believed it to be ganoderma lucidum.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Musicwolf
Yes, that IS the name he gave me for it . . . anyone have any idea if this actually is ganoderma lucidum? It doesn't look quite right to me based on pictures, but I know basically nothing about mushrooms.
Lipase
It might be 'Lingzhi' ganoderma lucidum, does that sound similar? In Paul Stamets book Mycelium Running it is listed as having lots of different medical properties rivalled only by Cordyceps sinensis

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Mushroom Mapping
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedOctober 11, 2014

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