1. There are six kinds of ganoderma lucidum, namely red ganoderma lucidum, green ganoderma lucidum, yellow ganoderma lucidum, ganoderma lucidum, Bai Lingzhi ganoderma lucidum and black ganoderma lucidum. Among them, red ganoderma lucidum, also known as Danzhi, is cork-shaped, and the cap is kidney-shaped or semicircular. The surface is reddish brown and shiny, and the color of stipe is generally dark.

2. Ganoderma lucidum, a fairy grass in folklore, is the fruiting body of Ganoderma lucidum, a fungus of Polyporaceae. Ganoderma lucidum is sweet, bitter and flat in nature, and enters the five meridians of heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney. It is mainly used for treating asthenia, mental fatigue, palpitation and insomnia, dizziness, chronic cough and asthma, and anorexia.