Pycnoporus cinnabarinus
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Polyporaceae |
Genus: | Pycnoporus |
Species: | P. cinnabarinus
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Binomial name | |
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus (Jacq.) P.Karst. (1881)
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Synonyms | |
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Pycnoporus cinnabarinus | |
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pores on hymenium | |
hymenium attachment is not applicable | |
lacks a stipe | |
ecology is saprotrophic | |
edibility: inedible |
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, also known as the cinnabar polypore, is a saprophytic, white-rot decomposer. Its fruit body is a bright orange shelf fungus. It is common in many areas and is widely distributed throughout the world. It is inedible.[1] It produces to protect itself from bacteria.[2]
The stipe and the pore surface had a positive reaction with potassium hydroxide.
References[]
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Eggert C. Laccase-catalyzed formation of cinnabarinic acid is responsible for antibacterial activity of Pycnoporus cinnabarinus. Microbiol Res. 1997;152(3):315-318. doi:10.1016/S0944-5013(97)80046-8
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Categories:
- Fungi described in 1776
- Inedible fungi
- Polyporaceae
- Polyporales stubs
- Plant disease stubs