{
  "id": 16690581,
  "title": "False lingzhi unmasked: Scientists crack the 245-year mystery behind a medicinal mushroom mix-up",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/false-lingzhi-unmasked-scientists-crack-the-245-year-mystery-behind-a",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-27T01:10:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-false-lingzhi-unmasked-scientists-year.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In a new study published today in Plants, People, Planet, scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international collaborators clarify the distinction between Ganoderma lucidum, a European bracket fungus described in 1781, and Ganoderma lingzhi, the East Asian species widely associated with medicinal lingzhi or reishi.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}