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Ganoderma lucidum
Some of the Polyporales, notably Ganoderma lucidum ( ling-zhi ), Grifola frondosa ( maitake ), and Trametes versicolor ( yun-zhi ), are commercially cultivated and marketed for use in traditional Chinese medicine.
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Two medicinal mushroom polypores in use today are Ganoderma lucidum ( Reishi or Lingzhi ) and Trametes versicolor.
The lingzhi mushroom or reishi mushroom () encompasses several fungal species of the genus Ganoderma, and most commonly refers to the closely related species, Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma tsugae.
There are multiple species of Lingzhi, scientifically known to be within the Ganoderma lucidum species complex and mycologists are still researching the differences among species within this complex.
Chinese differentiates Ganoderma species between chizhi 赤芝 " red mushroom " G. lucidum and zizhi 紫芝 " purple mushroom " G. japonicum.
The Oxford English Dictionary gives Chinese " líng divine + zhī fungus " as the origin of ling chih or Lingzhi, and defines, " The fungus Ganoderma lucidum, believed in China to confer longevity and used as a symbol of this on Chinese ceramic ware.
Ganoderma lucidum generally occurs in two growth forms, one, found in North America, is sessile and rather large with only a small or no stalk, while the other is smaller and has a long, narrow stalk, and is found mainly in the tropics.
Ganoderma lucidum produces a group of triterpenes, called ganoderic acids, which have a molecular structure similar to steroid hormones.
The mechanisms by which Ganoderma lucidum may affect cancer are unknown and they may target different stages of cancer development: inhibition of angiogenesis ( formation of new, tumor-induced blood vessels, created to supply nutrients to the tumor ) mediated by cytokines, cytoxicity, inhibiting migration of the cancer cells and metastasis, and inducing and enhancing apoptosis of tumor cells.
Nevertheless, Ganoderma lucidum extracts are already used in commercial pharmaceuticals such as MC-S for suppressing cancer cell proliferation and migration.
Ganoderma lucidum compounds inhibit 5-alpha reductase activity in the biosynthesis of dihydrotestosterone.
Besides effects on mammalian physiology, Ganoderma lucidum is reported to have anti-bacterial and anti-viral activities.
Ganoderma lucidum is reported to exhibit direct anti-viral with the following viruses ; HSV-1, HSV-2, influenza virus, vesicular stomatitis.
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In an animal model, Ganoderma has been reported to prevent cancer metastasis, with potency comparable to Lentinan from Shiitake mushrooms.

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Many wood decay fungi in the genera Fomes, Fomitopsis and Ganoderma are pathogenic, causing butt and root rot of living trees and consequent losses in forestry plantations.

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" Other Chinese names for Ganoderma include ruizhi 瑞芝 " auspicious mushroom ", shenzhi 神芝 " divine mushroom " ( with shen " spirit ; god ' supernatural ; divine "), mulingzhi 木靈芝 ( with " tree ; wood "), xiancao 仙草 " immortality plant " ( with xian "( Daoism ) transcendent ; immortal ; wizard "), and lingzhicao 靈芝草 or zhicao 芝草 " mushroom plant ".
It is often used with ( nấm Linh Chi ) which is the equivalent of Ganoderma Lucidum or Reishi Mushroom.

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The generic name Ganoderma derives from the Greek ganos γανος " brightness ; sheen ", hence " shining " and derma δερμα " skin ".

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One of the more common genera, Ganoderma, can grow large thick shelves that may contribute to the death of the tree, and then feed off the wood for years after.
Petter Adolf Karsten named the genus Ganoderma in 1881.
Ganoderma Lucidum, and its close relative Ganoderma Tsugae, grow in the northern Eastern Hemlock forests.
Similar species of Ganoderma have been found growing in the Amazon.
Chi Zhi ( Ganoderma Rubra ) is bitter and balanced.

lucidum and mushrooms
G. lucidum enjoys special veneration in East Asia, where it has been used as a medicinal mushroom in traditional Chinese medicine for more than 2, 000 years, making it one of the oldest mushrooms known to have been used medicinally.

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Shark eyes are similar to the eyes of other vertebrates, including similar lenses, corneas and retinas, though their eyesight is well adapted to the marine environment with the help of a tissue called tapetum lucidum.
The eyes are located at the sides of the head and have a tapetum lucidum, or reflecting membrane, at the back of the retina, which aids vision in dim light.
Coelacanth eyes are very sensitive, and have a tapetum lucidum.
The stratum lucidum, stratum radiatum, and the stratum moleculare-lacunosum are layers of apical dendrites and are ordered from least distant to most distant from the soma of the neuron.
The keratinocytes of the stratum lucidum do not feature distinct boundaries and are filled with eleidin, an intermediate form of keratin.
The cells of the stratum lucidum are flattened.

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The epidermis is the most superficial layer of skin, a squamous epithelium with several strata: the stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum, and stratum basale.
The septum pellucidum ( also called the septum lucidum ), and not to be confused with the medial septum, is a thin, triangular, vertical membrane separating the anterior horns of the left and right lateral ventricles of the brain.
In some older texts, it has also been called zona striata and stratum lucidum ( not to be confused with the stratum lucidum of the skin ).
Night picture with noticeable green eyeshine off the Tapetum lucidum

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Their eyes possess a tapetum lucidum, a light-reflecting layer that improves their night vision.
Their night vision is especially good due to the presence of a tapetum lucidum, which reflects light back inside the eyeball, and gives felid eyes their distinctive shine.
Unlike most other lemurs, all but one species of lemurid ( the Ring-tailed Lemur ) lack a tapetum lucidum, a reflective layer in the eye that improves night vision.
The effect appears in the eyes of humans and animals that have tapetum lucidum.
This " eyeshine " is the result of a light-gathering layer in the eyes called the tapetum lucidum, which allows the fish to see well in low-light conditions.
Humans have poor night vision compared to many animals, in part because the human eye lacks a tapetum lucidum.
These include having a larger eyeball, a larger lens, a larger optical aperture ( the pupils may expand to the physical limit of the eyelids ), more rods than cones ( or rods exclusively ) in the retina, and a tapetum lucidum.
Many animals have a tissue layer called the tapetum lucidum in the back of the eye that reflects light back through the retina, increasing the amount of light available for it to capture.
Humans lack a tapetum lucidum.
A related type of chromatophore, the leucophore, is found in some fish, particularly in the tapetum lucidum.
Pied Currawongs have been responsible for the spread of the invasive ornamental Asparagus aethiopicus ( often called A. densiflorus ) in the Sydney area, the weedy privet species Ligustrum lucidum and L. sinense, and firethorn species Pyracantha angustifolia and P. rogersiana around Armidale.
A reflective layer behind the tiger shark's retina called the tapetum lucidum allows light-sensing cells a second chance to capture photons of visible light, enhancing vision in low light conditions.
The strata ( a thin layer ) of skin around the Stratum lucidum is most susceptible to shear.
As the Stratum lucidum tears away from the connecting tissues below, plasma from the cells diffuses ( spreads freely ) out.
* Hieracium lucidum Guss.
The tapetum lucidum, present in the eyes of many vertebrates, may also be iridescent.

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