The effects of 14 additives or compounds on the growth and synthesis of polysaccharides and beta-glucan of fermentative Ganoderma lingzhi were studied. The results showed that the aqueous extract of Forsythia suspensa fruits (3g/L) had significant promoting effect on the growth of G. lingzhi, and coixenolide (3g/L) had stimulatory effect on the synthesis of intracellular polysaccharides and beta-glucan. However, the water extract of Platycodon grandiflorum roots, cerium ammonium nitrate, praseodymium nitrate, methyl jasmonate and sodium nitropr...