False lingzhi unmasked: Scientists crack the 245-year mystery behind a medicinal mushroom mix-up

In a new study published today in Plants, People, Planet, scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their ...
BIOENGINEER

Pilot Study Maps Four Food Protection Domains in a Taiwanese Ganoderma Plant

A pilot study at a Taiwanese Ganoderma biotechnology food manufacturer integrated HACCP, QACCP, TACCP and VACCP into one Food Protection Management System and quantified food safety culture among 44 ...

Medicinal mushroom mix-up fixed: Kew DNA study splits false lingzhi from true lingzhi

In a groundbreaking revelation, researchers have clarified the identity of two closely related mushroom species that have ...
BIOENGINEER

China’s Lingzhi Fungi Rewritten: Two New Ganoderma Species and a Century of Mistaken Identity Resolved

An integrative taxonomic revision of Chinese Ganoderma fungi has described two new species, resolved a century-long misidentification of the famous lingzhi name, and revealed surprising ...
Reuters

Palm oil yields at risk as Ganoderma appears in earlier planting cycles

Ganoderma spreads in Malaysia, affecting newly replanted areas Fungal infection could reduce palm oil yields significantly Palm board says 13.7% of surveyed Malaysian palm areas infected KUALA LUMPUR, ...
The Star

If I were Ganoderma on oil palm trees

GANODERMA boninense is the oil palm industry’s Public Enemy No. 1 – quietly costing more than RM2bil a year. It doesn’t shout. It doesn’t rush. It simply kills palms, slashes yields and drains profits ...