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Lingzhi, Chizhi
2 public strains
Ganoderma multipileum is a laccate reishi-type polypore of lowland tropical and subtropical Asia, described from Taiwan in 1950. ITS-based work in 2009 showed that it is the fungus long called 'G. lucidum' in tropical Asia, and that some commercial Asian strains belong to it. It is genetically separate from both European G. lucidum and the temperate East Asian lingzhi.
Not eaten as food: the fruitbody is corky. Material of this species has been used in the 'lingzhi/G. lucidum' medicinal tradition of tropical Asia. Reishi products can interact with some medications.
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