Wolfiporia extensa
| Wolfiporia extensa | |
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| Wolfiporia extensa sclerotium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Wolfiporia |
| Species: | W. extensa |
| Binomial name | |
| Wolfiporia extensa (Peck) Ginns (1984) | |
| Synonyms | |
Wolfiporia extensa (Peck) Ginns (syn. Poria cocos F.A.Wolf) is a fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It is a wood-decay fungus but has a terrestrial growth habit. It is notable in the development of a large, long-lasting underground sclerotium that resembles a small coconut. This sclerotium called "(Chinese) Tuckahoe" or fu-ling, is not the same as the true Tuckahoe used as Indian bread by Native Americans, which is the Arrow Arum, Peltandra virginica, a flowering tuberous plant in the arum family. It is also used as a medicinal mushroom in Chinese medicine.[1] Indications for use in the traditional Chinese medicine include causing urination, to invigorate the spleen function, and to calm the mind.[2]
Common names include hoelen, poria, tuckahoe, China root, fu ling (茯苓, pīnyīn: fúlíng), and matsuhodo.
References
- ↑ Esteban CI (June 2009). "Interés medicinal de Poria cocos (= Wolfiporia extensa)" [Medicinal interest of Poria cocos (= Wolfiporia extensa)]. Revista Iberoamericana De Micología (in Spanish) 26 (2): 103–7. doi:10.1016/S1130-1406(09)70019-1. PMID 19631158.
- ↑ Bensky, D., Clavey, S., Stoger, E. (2004) Eastland Press, Inc. Seattle, 3rd ed. ISBN 0939616424. p. 267