Moradali, Mohammad Fata, Ghorban Ali Hedjaroude, Hossein Mostafavi, Mehrdad Abbasi, Shirin Ghods & Abbas Sharifi-Tehrani. The genus Ganoderma (Basidiomycota) in Iran. Mycotaxon 99: 351–369. 2007.

ABSTRACT:  The genus Ganoderma was investigated in Iran. Based on micro- and macromorphology and host relationships, descriptions are made and a key to the identification of the Iranian species provided. Seven species of Ganoderma were found in Iran, viz. the three non-laccate species G. applanatum, G. adspersum, and G. colossus and the four laccate species G. lucidum, G. resinaceum,G. tsugae and G. manoutchehrii.

KEYWORDS:  basidiocarp, morphology, taxonomy, basidiospore, Elfvingia