| Ganoderma microsporum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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.
The spores measure 6–8.5 by 4.5–5 μm, smaller than the spores of all other known types of Ganoderma.
Taxonomy
The species was first discovered in Taipei, Taiwan by R.-S. Hseu in 1982, and published in the scientific journal Mycotaxon in 1989.
The specific epithet microsporum refers to the relatively small size of its spores.
Research
Compounds discovered in Ganoderma include polysaccharides, triterpenoids, nucleic acids and fungal immunomodulatory proteins or FIPs. 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.
References
- ^ 許. 靈芝概論. 台中市: 萬年出版社. 1993: 140.
- ^ Hseu RS. Chen ZC, Wang HH. Ganoderma microsporum, a new species on weeping willow in Taiwan. Mycotaxon. 1989, 35 (1): 35–40.
- ^ "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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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