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liatris
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Ganoderma Ludicum stripes question
#5588875 - 05/04/06 01:50 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hi -
I just received some whole, dried Ganoderma lucidum and I have two questions about it.
#1 - Am hoping that this is the type that is supposed to be the most health-promoting of all the reishis. I thought that "Red Reishi" (as opposed to yellow, black, purple,etc) was the best and that red always meant that it was the lucidum. Any help on this ?
#2 - All of the photos I have seen of Ganoderma lucidum (Red reishi?) have been a) redish brown (mine are plain medium brown - not reddish) and b) have had a white stripe along the top border of the "shelf". (Mine do not have this - just plain brown.) and c) have a shiny "varnished" look (mine are not shiny).
So is what I have "red reishi" (not red, not stripe, not shiny) and maybe this is what they look like once dried ? The package said Ganoderma lucidum and when I asked the seller if that meant they were "red reishi" they did not seem to know.
So what do I have ? Thanks for any help with this.
Liatris
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falcon


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Re: Ganoderma Ludicum stripes question [Re: liatris]
#5592055 - 05/04/06 10:40 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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So what do I have ?
Hey liatris, I don't know, one possibility is that you have a reishi that was picked after it had deposited a lot of spores on itself. If you can post a picture it will help with the ID.
The white stripe on edge of the mushroom is the actively growing part of the mushroom. The edge thins out as it matures and eventually disappears.
There is a lot of color variation in G.lucidum ,I don't know that one color has more medicinal value than another.
-falcon
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liatris
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Re: Ganoderma Ludicum stripes question [Re: falcon]
#5592800 - 05/05/06 03:19 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Falcon - Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I do not have a way to photograph and post a photo of it - but thanks for offering to ID it.
From what you said, it sounds like the absence of the white stripe may just mean that it was mature. The browness as opposed to reddish-brown may, in fact, mean that it is not "red" reishi (but that is still a question), and maybe spores getting on everything makes the shine or "shellac" look disappear - is that what you meant when you mentioned the spores ?
I have read that the "red" is the most health-promoting and had thought that all lucidums were the "red" variety - but you did mention that the lucidums come in different shades - did you, by any chance, mean that ganodermas come in different shades ? Maybe I am truly incorrect in assuming that "G. lucidum" = "red reishi". Just cuz I read it somewhere does not necessarily make it true. I think I read that the red variety had a white underside (these are a bit off-white)as opposed to the "yellow" variety that has a yellow underside.
Thanks for listening ,
Liatris
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Re: Ganoderma Ludicum stripes question [Re: liatris]
#5594835 - 05/05/06 04:43 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Really, we're finding that nearly all of the Ganodermas are healthy. Not only those, but also Fomitopsis officianalis and Fomitopsis pinicola, which grows wild in all 50 of the United States. Mrs Rabbit is boiling some Ganoderma applanatum into tea as I type. The tea is fairly nasty, imo, so we add bones, hamhocks, ox tails, etc to the boiling water and then use it as stock for soups, or to make rice or noodles. RR
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falcon


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Re: Ganoderma Ludicum stripes question [Re: liatris]
#5595068 - 05/05/06 05:51 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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and maybe spores getting on everything makes the shine or "shellac" look disappear - is that what you meant when you mentioned the spores ?
Yes, that is what I meant, when the spores are a dull brown when they are deposited and they tend to congregate on the cap.
did you, by any chance, mean that ganodermas come in different shades ?
Yes, most that I find are redish brown, but I have found orange ones on maple and plum trees. I have also found one that is almost completely red growing on oak roots.
-falcon
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Re: Ganoderma Ludicum stripes question [Re: falcon]
#5596734 - 05/06/06 01:31 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I love these. They're annual, so grow to this size in one season. Ganoderma oregonese. RR
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liatris
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Re: Ganoderma Ludicum stripes question [Re: RogerRabbit]
#5596763 - 05/06/06 01:46 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Falcon - thanks again .
RR - Thanks for the info and pic ... didn't know rabbits ate ox tails .
Liatris
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