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Flesh: Whitish; fairly soft when young, but soon tough.

Variations of Ganoderma within the same species as well as the growth substrate and environmental conditions all the way through to preparation of the Ganoderma tea or extract can have a substantial effect on the medicinal value of the product. In contrast to Ganoderma lucidum, to which it is closely related and which it closely resembles, G. tsugae tends to grow on conifers, especially hemlocks. Microscopic Features: Spores 9-11 x 6-8; more or less elliptical, sometimes with a truncated end; usually appearing roughened even at lower magnifications.

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Additionally, it has whitish, rather than brownish flesh. Otherwise it is recognized, like Ganoderma lucidum, by its varnished, reddish cap and stem. One of the most novel uses of Hemlock Varnish Shelf is as a skin substitute during wound healing. The skin substitute material, commercially sold as Sacchachitin, has been proven in numerous studies to promote and speed up skin healing. It has been observed that "rapid wound healing" takes place when covered by Sacchachitin as compared to regular gauze. As with the Common Reishi, Hemlock Varnish Shelf extract appears to be immunomodulatory - meaning that it will adjust the immune system up or down depending on what is needed. It helps strengthen a weak immune system, but will calm an over-active immune system in cases of inflammation or autoimmune conditions. Microscopic Features: Spores 9-11 x 6-8; more or less elliptical, sometimes with a truncated end; usually appearing roughened even at lower magnifications.

Pore Surface: White, becoming dingy brownish in age; usually bruising brown; 4-6 tiny (nearly invisible to the naked eye) circular pores per mm; tubes to 2 cm deep. Ecology: Saprobic on decaying conifer logs and stumps (especially hemlock wood); growing alone or in groups; annual; producing "a soft wet whitish or straw-colored cellulose-destroying decay of the wood" when young, and later a "network of cracks filled with white mycelium" with "numerous black dots throughout the wood" widely distributed in North America. Like G. lucidum, G. tsugae is said to have medicinal properties.