“…The FT‐IR spectrum of polysaccharides isolated from G. lucidum displayed absorption bands at 3,000–3,500 cm −1 (–OH stretching), 2,950 and 2,850 cm −1 (aliphatic C–H groups), 2,922 cm −1 (CH 2 stretching), 1635 cm −1 (proteins), 1,407 cm −1 (aliphatic groups), 1,032 cm −1 (α‐linkages), and 890 cm −1 (β‐glycosidic (C1–H) deformation) (Kozarski et al, ). FT‐IR spectra of four polysaccharides obtained from Poria cocos showed absorption bands at 3,388–3,392 cm −1 (–OH stretching), 2927–2931 cm −1 (C–H stretching and bending), 1,615–1,619 and 1,414–1,420 cm −1 (asymmetric and symmetric stretching of C=O), and 1,200–1,000 cm −1 (stretching vibrations of C–O side groups and the C–O–C glycosidic band vibration) (Wang et al, ). The obtained data is in full compliance with the previous studies on the characterization of the mushroom polysaccharides.…”