Zhòng zhī cǎo fǎ 種芝草法

Methods for Cultivating the Numinous Mushroom

Anonymous; Táng

A Táng Daoist horticultural-alchemical manual on the cultivation of zhī 芝 — the numinous fungi / magic mushrooms (Ganoderma and related species) that are the paramount botanical materia medica of the Daoist longevity tradition, catalogued already in Gě Hóng’s Bào pǔ zǐ nèi piān. Preserved as DZ 933 / CT 933 (Dòngshén bù, Zhòng shù lèi 洞神部眾術類).