Most of them parasitize (winter) insects and produce fruiting bodies (summer) on the carcass of insects that become hosts. A fruiting body has two parts, a head and a stem, and bulges into a spherical, spindle-shaped, spatula-shaped, etc., and forms a number of ascomyx on the surface or under the epidermis.
Cordycepin, adenosine, mannitol, B1B2, medium polysaccharide, ergosterol, melitonin, serine, glycine, etc.
Ganoderma Mushroom is one of the most important speciality mushrooms with wide range of medicinal properties, hence it is considered as King of Herbs. It has been used by millions of people in China, Japan & Korea for many centuries and now it is accepted and suggested by the physicians in European countries and United States of America as well. India is also joining this league by increasing the production, processing and consumption of Ganoderma Mushroom.