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Ganoderma microsporum

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Ganoderma microsporum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Ganodermataceae
Genus: Ganoderma
Species:
G. microsporum
Binomial name
Ganoderma microsporum
R.S.Hseu (1989)

Ganoderma microsporum is a species of Ganoderma mushroom native to Taiwan that grows on willow trees.

Description

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Ganoderma microsporum has a relatively short or obscure stem that appears bronze or dark purple. The cap is shelf like or unevenly shaped and has a glazed appearance.[1]

The spores measure 6–8.5 by 4.5–5 μm, smaller than the spores of all other known types of Ganoderma.[2][3]

Taxonomy

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The species was first discovered in Taipei, Taiwan by R.-S. Hseu in 1982, and published in the scientific journal Mycotaxon in 1989.[1]

The specific epithet microsporum refers to the relatively small size of its spores.[2][3]

Research

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Compounds discovered in Ganoderma include polysaccharides, triterpenoids, nucleic acids and fungal immunomodulatory proteins or FIPs.[4] According to the NIH PubMed database on the physiological activities of G. microsporum, primarily from the FIP found in G. microsporum (FIP-gmi or GMI), currently known physiological activities include effects on the central nervous system and the respiratory system.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b 許. 靈芝概論. 台中市: 萬年出版社. 1993: 140.
  2. ^ a b Hseu RS. Chen ZC, Wang HH. Ganoderma microsporum, a new species on weeping willow in Taiwan. Mycotaxon. 1989, 35 (1): 35–40.
  3. ^ a b "靈芝屬菌株鑑定系統之研究__臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統". ndltd.ncl.edu.tw. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  4. ^ Zhou, Xuan-Wei; Su, Kai-Qi; Zhang, Yong-Ming (2012). "Applied modern biotechnology for cultivation of Ganoderma and development of their products". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 93 (3): 941–963. doi:10.1007/s00253-011-3780-7. ISSN 0175-7598. PMC 7080118. PMID 22170106.
  5. ^ Xu, Xiaofei; Yan, Huidan; Chen, Jian; Zhang, Xuewu (2011-11-01). "Bioactive proteins from mushrooms". Biotechnology Advances. 29 (6): 667–674. doi:10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.05.003. ISSN 0734-9750. PMID 21605654.
  6. ^ Zhou, Rong; Liu, Zhao Kun; Zhang, Ye Ni; Wong, Jack Ho; Ng, Tzi Bun; Liu, Fang (2019). "Research Progress of Bioactive Proteins from the Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms". Current Protein & Peptide Science. 20 (3): 196–219. doi:10.2174/1389203719666180613090710. PMID 29895245. S2CID 48356540.