| Ganoderma Print PDF |
| Natural Habitat | - Grows on conifers and hardwoods worldwide, causing white rot, root rot, and stem rot
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| Suitable Substrates in the Indoor Environment | |
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| Allergenic Potential | - Ganoderma
species are known to cause allergies in people on a worldwide scale |
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| Industrial Uses | - Biopulping of wood for the paper industry
- Potential medicinal use due to: 1. Inhibition of Ras dependent cell transformation, 2. antifibrotic activity, 3. immunomodulating activity, 4. free-radicle scavenging
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| Other Comments | - Used in traditional Chinese medicine as an herbal supplement
- It is also known as a "shelf fungus" because the fruiting body forms a stalk-less shelf on the sides of trees and logs
- It is sometimes called "artists conk" because when you scratch the white pores of the fruiting body, the white rubs away and exposes the brown hyphae underneath. Thus, pictures can be produced on the fruiting body
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