Ganoderma Applanatum Vs Ganoderma Lucidum

Ganoderma Applanatum Vs Lucidum

There has been a lot of confusion between Ganoderma Applanatum and Ganoderma Lucidum for people who have just learned about Reishi Ganoderma. People often think it to be a variety of Reishi Ganoderma with similar or even better medicinal value. This creates confusion for people who think that DXN Ganoderma is Ganoderma Lucidum and DXN doesn’t provide products containing other varieties of Ganoderma such as Ganoderma Applanatum.

Actually both Ganoderma Applanatum and Ganoderma Lucidum are fungus i.e. both belong to Fungi Kingdom and therefore are mushrooms growing on woods and logs. They may look similar to some as mushrooms are mushrooms and do resemble, but in reality Ganoderma Lucidum is soft whereas Ganoderma Applanatum is hard like a wood.

Ganoderma Applanatum is quiet common and is available commonly whereas Ganoderma Lucidum isn’t a common variety of mushroom but a rare one and is cultivated under a controlled environment using spore separation method or tissue culture. Although both are polypore mushrooms.

One cannot eat ganoderma applanatum as it isn’t edible whereas ganoderma lucidum is edible. Here are some common details of ganoderma lucidum and ganoderma applanatum :

Comparing Ganoderma Applanatum & Ganoderma Lucidum

Ganoderma Applanatum

Ganoderma Lucidum

Kingdom

Fungi

Division

Basidiomycota

Class

Homobasidiomycetes

Order

Polyporales

Family

Ganodermataceae

Ganodermatacea

Genus

Ganoderma

Species

Ganoderma Applanatum

G.lucidum

Binomial Name

Ganoderma Applanatum

Ganoderma lucidum

Edibility

Inedible

Edible

Cap Surface

Dull

Shiny

Also Known as

Artist’s Conch

Reishi /Lingzhi

If you’re interested in learning more on Ganoderma applanatum visit Wikipedia website for more information. More information on Medicinal Mushrooms and there health benefits can be had from 'Magical Mushrooms'. You can get more resources from our Online Health Store also.

Ganoderma applanatum is used by many as show pieces for decoration at home or office, and it isn’t used for health and fitness as is the case with Ganoderma Lucidum. So, it will be better if we take Ganoderma Lucidum for health benefits and Ganoderma Applanatum for decorating our home. Maybe it provides some Feng Sui effect for our home just like Ganoderma Lucidum for health.

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