Sarcodon glaucopus

Sarcodon glaucopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Bankeraceae
Genus: Sarcodon
Species: S. glaucopus
Binomial name
Sarcodon glaucopus
Maas Geest. & Nannf. (1969)

Sarcodon glaucopus is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. Found in Europe, it was described as new to science in 1969 by mycologists Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus and John Axel Nannfeldt.[1] Fruit bodies contain cyathane diterpenes called glaucopins that have anti-inflammatory activity in laboratory tests.[2][3] It is considered vulnerable in Switzerland.[4]

References

  1. Maas Geesteranus RA, Nannfeldt JA. (1969). "The genus Sarcodon in Sweden in the light of recent investigation". Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 63: 401–440.
  2. Curini M, Maltese F, Marcotullio MC, Menghini L, Pagiotti R, Rosati O, Altinier G, Tubaro A. (2005). "Glaucopines A and B, new cyathane diterpenes from the fruiting bodies of Sarcodon glaucopus". Planta Medica 71 (2): 194–186. doi:10.1055/s-2005-837792. PMID 15729633.
  3. Marcotullio MC, Pagiotti R, Campagna V, Maltese F, Fardella G, Altinier G, Tubaro A. (2006). "Glaucopine C, a new diterpene from the fruiting bodies of Sarcodon glaucopus". Natural Products Research 20 (10): 917–921. doi:10.1080/14786410500353539. PMID 16854719.
  4. Senn-Irlet B, Bieri G, Egli S. (2007). Lista Rossa Macromiceti. Lista Rossa delle specie minacciate in Svizzera. UV-0718-I (Report) (in Italian). Bern: Ufficio federale dell’ambiente.

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