Table 1. Genetic contents in the mitochondrial genome of Ganoderma lucidum.
| Functional category | Group of genes | Name of genes |
| Self replication | Ribosomal RNAs | rns, rnl |
| Ribosomal protein | rps3 | |
| Transfer RNAs | trnA-UGC, trnF-GAA, trnT-UGU, trnQ-UUG, trnK-UUU, trnY-GUA, trnM-CAU a, trnS-UGA, trnH-GUG, trnM-CAU b, trnS-GCU d, trnU-UCA, trnV-UAC, trnL-UAG, trnR-UCG, trnS-GCU e, trnG-UCC, trnW-CCA, trnD-GUC, trnC-GCA, trnR-UCU, trnI-GAU, trnP-UGG, trnN-GUU, trnL-UAA, trnM-CAU c, trnE-UUC | |
| Genes for respiratory chain complexes | Cytochrome c oxidase subunits | cox1, cox2, cox3 |
| Apocytochrome b | cob | |
| NADH dehydrogenase subunits | nad1, nad2, nad3, nad4, nad4L, nad5, nad6 | |
| ATP synthase subunits | atp6, atp8, atp9 | |
| ORFs in intronic sequences | Endonuclease with “GIY-YIG” motif | ip1, ip4 |
| Endonuclease with “LAGLIDADG” motif | ip2, ip3 | |
| ORFs in intergenic regions | DNA-dependent RNA polymerase like | orf1 |
| DNA polymerase like | orf2 |
trnM-CAU a, trnM-CAU b, and trnM-CAU c represent three trnM isoforms with the same anticodon but different sequences. trnS-GCUd and trnS-GCUe mean two trnS copies with the same sequences.