The ITS region provides a reliable DNA barcode for identifying reishi/lingzhi (Ganoderma) from herbal supplements

• Tess Gunnels,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, United States of America, Oregon’s Wild Harvest, Redmond, Oregon, United States of America

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• Matthew Creswell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Oregon’s Wild Harvest, Redmond, Oregon, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5004-7830

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• Janis McFerrin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Oregon’s Wild Harvest, Redmond, Oregon, United States of America

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• Justen B. Whittall

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jwhittall@scu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9597-9036

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