初步统计资料表明,全世界约有菌类25万种左右。目前,已知有药效的真菌估计有300多种,而真正被利用作为真菌药物使用的,只有其中很少部分。中国是最早利用真菌治病的国家之一,早在一千多年前,东汉末年的《神农本草经》就记载了茯苓、猪苓、雷丸等菌类。我国著名的医药学家李时珍在其编著的《本草纲目》上,就记载有马勃、茯苓、猪苓、雷丸、本耳、鸡(?)、灵芝等20多种药用真菌。1980年中国药学会首届全国药用真菌学术座谈会以来,广大科技工作者努力发掘与开发药用真菌,使我国药用真菌的研究工作发展很快。据不完全统计,近年来被发掘出来的药用真菌有:安络小皮伞、蜜环菌、竹红菌、亮菌、层卧孔菌、中国拟青霉、薄树芝、树舌、白粑齿菌、槐蛾菌等。用这些药用真菌制成的真菌药物有:安络痛片、蜜环菌片、竹红菌软膏、冠脉乐片、虫草菌冲刺、虫草精、虫草参芪膏、肾宝、多糖蛋白、743片、TGA 等。被开发的真菌药物比较多,有:麦角新碱、猪苓 Preliminary statistics show that there are about 250,000 strains of bacteria around the world. At present, there are more than 300 fungi known to be effective, but only a few of them are actually used as fungals. China was one of the earliest countries to cure the disease with fungi. As early as a thousand years ago, “Shennong Herbal Classic” in the late Eastern Han dynasty recorded Fungi, Polyporus umbellatus, Leiwan and other fungi. Li Shizhen, a famous Chinese medical scientist in his compilation of Compendium of Materia Medica, records more than 20 kinds of medicinal fungi such as Maobo, Poria, Polyporus, Leiwan, Benjiao, chicken (?) And Ganoderma lucidum. Since 1980, the first National Academic Symposium on Medical Fungus, the majority of scientists and technologists have made great efforts to discover and develop medicinal fungi and made the research on medicinal fungi in our country develop rapidly. According to incomplete statistics, the medicinal fungi that have been excavated in recent years are: Andean small leather umbrella, Armillaria mellea, Hypocreaea, Bright bacteria, Porphyromonas sp., Paecilomyces sp. Dental bacteria, Locusta moth and so on. Fungal drugs made with these medicinal fungi are: Anluo painkiller tablets, honeycomb bacteria tablets, bamboo paste ointment, coronary films, Cordyceps spores, Cordyceps sinensis, Cordyceps Shenqi cream, kidney treasure, polysaccharide protein, 743, TGA and so on. More fungal drugs have been developed, including: ergonovine, Polyporus umbellatus