Addressing widespread misidentifications of traditional medicinal mushrooms in Sanghuangporus (Basidiomycota) through ITS barcoding and designation of reference sequences

Abstract “Sanghuang” refers to a group of important traditionally-used medicinal mushrooms belonging to the genus Sanghuangporus. In practice, species of Sanghuangporus referred to in medicinal studies and industry are now differentiated mainly by a BLAST search of GenBank with the ITS barcoding reg...

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Main Authors: Shan Shen, Shi-Liang Liu, Ji-Hang Jiang, Li-Wei Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:IMA Fungus
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-021-00059-x