The fungus of immortality: THE GANODERMA LUCIDUM

...Origin of the reishi mushroom or Ganoderma lucidum... Ganoderma lucidum or reishi is a fungus known throughout Asia for millennia for its medicinal properties. It is known as Lingzhi in China, and in Japan as Reishi (Divine Mushroom) or Mannentake (10,000-year-old or immortality mushroom). In the West it is known as both Ganoderma lucidum and reishi. In any case, it is always the same fungus, with the same properties and health benefits and the only thing that varies is the name. According to recent studies, this mushroom has more than 150 antioxidants and phyto-nutrients, a value much higher than that of any other medicinal mushroom, plant or herb, making it one of the most perfect foods that we can find in nature. This very fact has led many to classify this fungus as miraculous or as a superfood. There is a mixture of reishi, shiitake and maitake, which is marketed in capsules, which contains precisely these three great foods together and with their compre