靈芝

Etymology
According to (1968), this compound noun is coined by   (32 - 92 CE) in the poem 《郊祀靈芝歌》 ("Ode to the Numinous Mushroom for the Suburban Sacrifice"):

Ban Gu's coining is inspired by the description of a mushroom  as "numinous"  in a poem composed in 109 BCE by   and preserved in the , "chapter 22" (translation based on Wasson, 1968):

Noun

 * 1) lingzhi mushroom used in traditional Asian medicine, namely,,, or others in the genus

Descendants
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