Nigrofomes

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Nigrofomes
Nigrofomes melanoporus (10.3897-mycokeys.29.21250) Figure 5.jpg
N. melanoporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Polyporaceae
Genus:
Nigrofomes

Murrill (1904)
Type species
Nigrofomes melanoporus
(Mont.) Murrill (1904)
Species



Nigrofomes is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1904 with as the type and only species. This fungus, first described as Polyporus melanoporus from collections made in Cuba, is common in tropical America.[1] , found in Papua New Guinea, was added to the genus in 2013[2] and N. sinomelanoporus from China was added in 2018.[3]

The genus name combines the Latin word niger ("black") with the name Fomes.[4]

Description[]

Murrill described the characteristics of the genus as follows: "Hymenophore large, perennial, epixylous, sessile; context woody, purple, tubes cylindrical, stratose, thick-walled, black; pores ovoid, smooth, hyaline." He noted that Nigrofomes was distinguished from similar genera by its purple context and black tubes.[1]

Chemistry[]

Drimane-type sesquiterpenes called nigrofomins have been isolated from the fruit bodies of Nigrofomes melanoporus.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Murrill, W.A. (1904). "The Polyporaceae of North America: VIII. Hapalopilus, Pycnoporus and new monotypic genera". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 31 (8): 415–428.
  2. ^ Hattori, Tsutomu; Sotome, Kozue (2013). "Type studies of the polypores described by E.J.H. Corner from Asia and West Pacific Areas VIII. Species described in Trametes (2)". Mycoscience. 54 (4): 297–308. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2012.10.008.
  3. ^ Zhou L-W, Wang X-W, Vlasák J, Ren G-J (2018). "Resolution of phylogenetic position of Nigrofomitaceae within Hymenochaetales (Basidiomycota) and Nigrofomes sinomelanoporus sp. nov. (Nigrofomitaceae) from China". MycoKeys. 29: 1–13. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.29.21250.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. ^ Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
  5. ^ Chan, Hsiu-Hui; Juang, Shin-Hun; Thang, Tran Dinh; Chen, Min-Yu; Kuo, Ping-Chung; Yan, Mei-Lin; Ngan, Nguyen Thi; Linh, Nguyen Ngoc; Wu, Tian-Shung (2012). "Drimane-type sesquiterpenes with a dioxabicyclooctane skeleton from the fruiting bodies of Nigrofomes melanoporus and their cytotoxicity". Planta Medica. 78 (7): 737–739. doi:10.1055/s-0031-1298367. PMID 22437245.


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