Table 2.

Illustration of antifungal activities of Ganoderma sp. parts, products and compounds.

Ganodermasp.	Extraction Solvent	Parts/products/compounds	Tested Fungal strains	Method	Antifungal Concentration/ZOI/MIC/MFC/EC50 value	References
G. colossus	MeOH	Fruiting bodies	C. maltosa	Agar Diffusion Assay	8mm/2mg/disc-ZOI	(Al-Fatimi et al. 2005)
G. applanatum	MeOH& H2O	NG	C. albicans and C. parasilopsis	Broth Micro dilution	1.25 & 2.5mg/ml-Antifungal activity	(Zengin et al. 2015)
G. resinaceum	MeOH& H2O	NG	C. albicans and C. parasilopsis	Broth Micro dilution	1.25 & 2.5mg/ml-Antifungal activity	(Zengin et al. 2015)
G. lucidium	96%EtOH	Fruiting bodies	Acremonium strictumBEOFB10m, A. glaucusBEOFB21m, A. flavusBEOFB22m, A.fumigatusBEOFB23m, A.nidulansBEOFB24m, A.nigerBEOFB25m, A. terreusBEOFB26m, T. virideBEOFB61m	Disc-diffusion & Micro dilution	0.5-308mg/ml-MIC; 1.0–4.0mg/ml-MFC	(Ćilerdžić et al. 2014)
G.lucidium	MeOH	Fruiting bodies	A. fumigatus(human isolate), A. versicolor(ATCC 11730), A. zochraceus(ATCC 12066), A. niger(ATCC 6275), T. viride(IAMz5061), P. funiculosum(ATCC 36839), P. ochrochloron(ATCC 9112)and P. verrucosum var. cyclopium (food isolate)	Micro dilution	0.005–1.5mg/ml-MIC; 0.1–4.5mg/ml-MFC	(Heleno et al. 2013)
G.lucidium	EtOH& chemical synthesis	RE–CGAP(RE: La, EuandYb)	V. mali, F. oxysporum, G. graminis, C. gloeosporioides, A. brassicae	Disc diffusion	1.85–568.30mg/ml-EC50	(Sun et al. 2014)
G.lucidium	dH2O	Ganodermin	Botrytis cinerea, F. oxysporum and Physalo sporapiricola	Paper Disks	8.1–12.4mM-Antifungal	(Wang & Ng 2006)
G.annulare	NG	Applanoxidic acids A(1), C(2) & F(3)	M. cannis & T. mentagrophytes	Micro dilution	500 to 1000mg/ml-Antifungal	(Smania et al. 2003)
G. applanatum	96%EtOH	Mycelia	Acremonium strictum, A. glaucus, A. flavus, A. fumigatus, A. nidulans, A. niger, A. terreus, T. viride	Colorimetric	1.00–2.00mg/ml-MIC; 1.17–4.00mg/ml-MFC	(Cilerdzic et al. 2016)
G. carnosum	96%EtOH	Mycelia	Acremonium strictum, A. glaucus, A. flavus, A. fumigatus, A. nidulans, A. niger, A. terreus, T. viride	Colorimetric	0.83–2.00mg/ml- MIC; 2.00–3.33mg/ml-MFC	(Cilerdzic et al. 2016)
G. lucidum	96%EtOH	Mycelia	Acremonium strictum, A. glaucus, A. flavus, A. fumigatus, A. nidulans, A. niger, A. terreus, T.viride	Colorimetric	0.50–2.00mg/ml- MIC; 1.17–4.00mg/ml-MFC	(Cilerdzic et al. 2016)

MeOH: Methanol; EtOH: Ethanol; dH₂O: Distilled water; NG: Data Not Given; ZOI: Zone Of Inhibition; MIC: Minimum Inhibitory Concentration; MFC: Minimum Fungicidal Concentration; EC₅₀: Concentration; RE–CGAP: Rare Earth-CarboxymethylatedGanodermaapplanatum Polysaccharide; μM: Micro Mole; mg/ml: milligram/millilitre.