Reishi

Ganoderma spp.

mushroom

A mushroom with a reddish-brown cap 4 to 20 cm across, hard and too tough to eat: it is drunk as a decoction or powder. It provides beta-glucans.

Origin

Broadleaf trees of East Asia

Season (United States)

all year round · grows in your region

Preparation

Too tough to eat: dried slices are simmered for one to two hours in water, which is strained and drunk, bitter; or a pinch of powder goes into a drink.

Molecules

Mushroom beta-glucansIn small amounts, not counted Ergothioneine

Did you know?

A cuticle as shiny as lacquer covers it, hence its Latin name, lucidum; turned over, it looks like a varnished mahogany ladle.