Ingredient Overview
Black reishi is identified here as Ganoderma sinense. Its dark fruiting bodies provide a separate mushroom raw material from the Ganoderma lucidum used for the standard reishi extract.
This dark Ganoderma species broadens the reishi family beyond the more familiar red reishi ingredient. The fruiting body is processed for its fungal constituents, with polysaccharides a central point of interest. It provides a specific mushroom identity for traditional botanical combinations and formulations that feature more than one Ganoderma species.