Australian Fungi

[Fungus]

... BUT it now appears to be the case that not only do we not have any G. applanatum, but DNA analysis has noe shown that we have no G. lucidum here either.... I have no clue what these shiny lacquered f/b's are going to be called but at this stage it seems G. lucidum ain't one of the options...

 

Sean,

In China and Japan, i.e. in eastern and south-eastern Asia, Ganoderma sinense, G. neo-japonicum and G. tsugae are indigineous annual species found in the wild and/or cultivated on wood for the Chinese herbal pharmacy as Reishi or Ling Zhi.

[sean freeman]

Sean,

In China and Japan, i.e. in eastern and south-eastern Asia, Ganoderma sinense, G. neo-japonicum and G. tsugae are indigineous annual species found in the wild and/or cultivated on wood for the Chinese herbal pharmacy as Reishi or Ling Zhi.

 

Yes I am aware of those species Gerrit, it seems likely to me, that the taxonomists would be aware of them too...it was not possible to during the workshop to take up too much time focussed on this one issue since there were a few very interested attendees with different questions for the mycologist...but for me it is troubling.

 

We have people working as Arborists who are providing advice about the predictive outcomes of a relationship between wood decay fungi and host that is based in the case of G. lucidum and G. applanatum a mistaken ID....now this certainly should not matter most of the time except that as is the case elsewhere we also have here many instances where valuable habitat trees are removed 'cause they have fungus'...or because the fungi is mis-identified and/or wood decay characteristics are attributed to that fungi on that tree species based on ?????

 

I absolutely love the level of specific detail you are able to call on Gerrit and have little doubt you base it on years of observation backed up by microscopic analysis and plant pathology...but I am massively envious...we do not have anywhere near that level of knowledge on which to base our diagnosis here. This fact does not prevent some from pontificating on the topic as if we did BTW.

Edited June 9, 2011 by sean freeman