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Taxonomic Position and Species Identity of the Cultivated Yeongji 'Ganoderma lucidum' in Korea
Ganoderma lucidum has a long history of use as a traditional medicine in Asian countries. However, the taxonomy of Ganoderma species remains controversial, since they were initially classified on the basis of their morphological characteristics. Recently, it was proposed that G. lucidum from China b...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4838586/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27103848 http://dx.doi.org/10.5941/MYCO.2016.44.1.1 |
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author | Kwon, O-Chul Park, Young-Jin Kim, Hong-Il Kong, Won-Sik Cho, Jae-Han Lee, Chang-Soo |
author_facet | Kwon, O-Chul Park, Young-Jin Kim, Hong-Il Kong, Won-Sik Cho, Jae-Han Lee, Chang-Soo |
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description | Ganoderma lucidum has a long history of use as a traditional medicine in Asian countries. However, the taxonomy of Ganoderma species remains controversial, since they were initially classified on the basis of their morphological characteristics. Recently, it was proposed that G. lucidum from China be renamed as G. sichuanense or G. lingzhi. In the present study, phylogenetic analysis using the internal transcribed spacer region rDNA sequences of the Ganoderma species indicated that all strains of the Korean 'G. lucidum' clustered into one group together with G. sichuanense and G. lingzhi from China. However, strains from Europe and North American, which were regarded as true G. lucidum, were positioned in a clearly different group. In addition, the average size of the basidiospores from the Korean cultivated Yeongji strains was similar to that of G. lingzhi. Based on these results, we propose that the Korean cultivated Yeongji strains of 'G. lucidum' should be renamed as G. lingzhi. |
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spelling | pubmed-48385862016-04-21 Taxonomic Position and Species Identity of the Cultivated Yeongji 'Ganoderma lucidum' in Korea Kwon, O-Chul Park, Young-Jin Kim, Hong-Il Kong, Won-Sik Cho, Jae-Han Lee, Chang-Soo Mycobiology Research Article Ganoderma lucidum has a long history of use as a traditional medicine in Asian countries. However, the taxonomy of Ganoderma species remains controversial, since they were initially classified on the basis of their morphological characteristics. Recently, it was proposed that G. lucidum from China be renamed as G. sichuanense or G. lingzhi. In the present study, phylogenetic analysis using the internal transcribed spacer region rDNA sequences of the Ganoderma species indicated that all strains of the Korean 'G. lucidum' clustered into one group together with G. sichuanense and G. lingzhi from China. However, strains from Europe and North American, which were regarded as true G. lucidum, were positioned in a clearly different group. In addition, the average size of the basidiospores from the Korean cultivated Yeongji strains was similar to that of G. lingzhi. Based on these results, we propose that the Korean cultivated Yeongji strains of 'G. lucidum' should be renamed as G. lingzhi. The Korean Society of Mycology 2016-03 2016-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4838586/ /pubmed/27103848 http://dx.doi.org/10.5941/MYCO.2016.44.1.1 Text en © The Korean Society of Mycology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kwon, O-Chul Park, Young-Jin Kim, Hong-Il Kong, Won-Sik Cho, Jae-Han Lee, Chang-Soo Taxonomic Position and Species Identity of the Cultivated Yeongji 'Ganoderma lucidum' in Korea |
title | Taxonomic Position and Species Identity of the Cultivated Yeongji 'Ganoderma lucidum' in Korea |
title_full | Taxonomic Position and Species Identity of the Cultivated Yeongji 'Ganoderma lucidum' in Korea |
title_fullStr | Taxonomic Position and Species Identity of the Cultivated Yeongji 'Ganoderma lucidum' in Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | Taxonomic Position and Species Identity of the Cultivated Yeongji 'Ganoderma lucidum' in Korea |
title_short | Taxonomic Position and Species Identity of the Cultivated Yeongji 'Ganoderma lucidum' in Korea |
title_sort | taxonomic position and species identity of the cultivated yeongji 'ganoderma lucidum' in korea |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4838586/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27103848 http://dx.doi.org/10.5941/MYCO.2016.44.1.1 |
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