Magical mushroom-Ganoderma Lucidum

Psilocybin mushrooms, commonly known as magic mushrooms. Biological genera containing psilocybin mushrooms include Copelandia, Gymnopilus, Inocybe, Panaeolus,Pholiotina, Pluteus, and Psilocybe. Psilocybin mushrooms have been and continue to be used in indigenous.

Ganoderma lucidum is also used as a base material for manufacturing products such as tea, coffee, energy supplements, health boosters, beverages, baked goods and anti-ageing cosmetics.

Its principal component is psilocybin which gets converted into psilocin to produce psychoactive effect.

WHAT IS MAGICAL MUSHROOM?

• It is considered one of the most important medicinal mushrooms in the world since its chemical constituents exhibit numerous medicinal properties.

• t is a medicinal mushroom in use for centuries to heal diseases like diabetes, cancer, inflammation, ulcer as well as bacterial and skin infections.

• They have a earned nickname such as “mushroom of immortality”, “celestial herb” and “auspicious herb”.

• Unlike normal mushrooms, the peculiar character of this one is that it grows on wood or wood-based substrate only.

• I, and grows preferably in mixed forests of

• It contains more than 400 chemical constituents, including triterpenes, polysaccharides, nucleotides, alkaloids, steroids, amino acids, fatty acids and phenols.

• It can have immense potential for livelihood generation, but there are some challenges as well.
  

• The dried fruiting bodies or raw powder of Ganoderma lucidum can be sold at Rs 4,000-5000 per kilogram.

BY KHAS.