Every summer and autumn, when the Ganoderma Lucidum fruit body ripens, it releases Ganoderma spore powder. This spore is used to reproduce and continue its life. Carried away by the wind, most spores ends up in ashes or in the soil. Only the rare lucky spores find their way to the forest and land on wooden log that will mother them. The Ganoderma spore quickly forms primary hypha. The hypha is equivalent to the ovum or sperm of human being. It is not a wholesome life body and is very weak. The primary hypha must find another of its kind in order to complete the fertilization process into secondary hypha, to proceed with normal growth. The process is similar to that of an ovum of female obtaining complete life after being fertilized by a sperm. The secondary hypha keeps excreting hydrolyses enzyme into the wood. Such enzyme has a very strong decomposing ability. It absorbs fiber after breaking it down and manufactures essential nutrients for its own growth. As long as the nutrients in the wood are sufficient, the secondary hypha will live for many years, even up to a few hundred years. The strong will of hypha proves that it is able to overcome adverse conditions such as humidity and other viral infections. In fact, Ganoderma Lucidum ability to fight against disease, insect and other harmful factor is outstanding among the world of
Basidiomycetes.
When the nutrients in T-shape base have been used up by the hypha and the climatic condition do not allow the continue growth of hypha, some hypha will break down on the surface of the T-shape base and reproduce themselves.
Following the growth of the fruit body, numerous basidium (spore carrier) are formed within the fruit body. This is why superior grade of fungi like Ganoderma Lucidum and mushroom are known as Basidiomycetes. The two nuclei within the basidium first combined to form a single nucleus. Then, it divides itself to produce four small nuclei, forming four spores. Finally the basidium ejects the ripen Ganoderma spore from its fruit body. The new generation of Ganoderma spore is produced and the cycle repeats itself. This is how Ganoderma Lucidum survives the warm and humid forest environment. It abandons the best of the greenery and chooses to reproduce on decaying wood, making wonders out of the rotten.
Ganoderma Lucidum is an important ambassador between human being and Mother Nature. It is regarded as the uncrown king of the Mycetes kingdom, making extraordinary contributions to human being. Other members of the Basidiomycetes family such as mushroom and tremella live on wood fiber too. They are also beneficial to our health in one way or another.
This common characteristic comes not by chance. In the process of breaking down wood fiber, nutrients beneficial to human body are formed.
The best part is that not only does Ganoderma Lucidum feed on wood fiber, its fruit body will eventually become hard. The polysaccharides and triterpenes produced in this process cannot be found in human body. Some of these components are bioactive and are very important tonics in regulating the internal and external environment of human body. These nutrients are mostly in Ganoderma Lucidum fruit body and Ganoderma spore.
But the most precious part is the Ganoderma spore. It contains the most beneficial components for our health such as polysaccharides, anoderma acid, vitamins and minerals. However, Ganoderma spore’s shell is hard and solid. Human body cannot easily digest it. That is why a special spore shell breaking technique must be used to unlock its essences. The existence of spore powder depends on the cultivation method. Different types of growth pattern produce different quality of Ganoderma Lucidum.
Three common cultivation methods are natural growth, vacuum packing and log wood cultivation..
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