Ganoderma lucidum has a long history for traditional medicine in Asian countries. However, taxonomy of Ganoderma species remains controversial, since it was initially classified on the basis of morphological characteristics. Recently, Ganoderma sichuanense was proposed as a re-proposed name for Ganoderma lucidum in China. Likewise, all of the Korean G. lucidum were clustered into 1 group together with G. sichuanense from China, when a phylogenetic analysis was undertaken based on the ITS rDNA sequences of the Ganoderma species. Furthermore, G. lucidum from Europe and North America were clustered into different group. Based on these results, re-consideration of naming Korean cultivated G. lucidum is needed.

• O-Chul Kwon(Department of Applied Biochemistry, Konkuk University)
• Young-jin Park(Department of Applied Biochemistry, Konkuk University)
• Hong-Il Kim(Department of Applied Biochemistry, Konkuk University)
• Seung-Beom Hong(Korean Agricultural Culture Collection, Agriculture Microbiology Div, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
• Won-Sik Kong(Mushroom Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA)
• Young-Bok Yoo(Mushroom Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA)
• Chang-Soo Lee(Department of Applied Biochemistry, Konkuk University)