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Fomitopsis pinicola. Fomitopsis pinicola, is a stem decay fungus common on softwood and hardwood trees. [1] Its conk (fruit body) is known as the red-belted conk. The species is common throughout temperate Europe and Asia. [1] It is a decay fungus that serves as a small-scale disturbance agent in coastal rainforest ecosystems.
Description. Fomitopsis species have fruit bodies that are mostly perennial, with forms ranging from sessile to effused-reflexed (partially crust-like and partially pileate). Fruit body texture is typically tough to woody, and the pore surface is white to tan or pinkish-colored with mostly small and regular pores.
The polypores Laetiporus sulphureus, Fomes fomentarius, Fomitopsis pinicola, Fomitopsis betulina, and Laricifomes officinalis have been widely used in central European folk medicine for the treatment of various diseases. [33] Some species, including several members of the genera Laetiporus and Sparassis, are used as food. [34]
Fomitopsis ochracea is a fungus that may be shaped like a hoof or flattened in a fan-like manner. [1] It can grow quite large, up to 20 cm in width and 7 cm thick. [1] The top surface of the fungus is smooth and may be coloured white, grey, brown, or black, with parallel lines. [1] It can have black or brown spotting on the surface. [2]
Piptoporaceae Jülich (1981) The Fomitopsidaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. Most species are parasitic on woody plants, and tend to cause brown rots. [2] The name comes from Fomitopsis (meaning "looking like Fomes ") + -aceae (a suffix used to form taxonomic family names).
Fomes fomentarius. Fomes fomentarius (commonly known as the tinder fungus, [3] false tinder fungus, hoof fungus, [3] tinder conk, tinder polypore or ice man fungus) is a species of fungal plant pathogen found in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. The species produces very large polypore fruit bodies which are shaped like a horse's hoof and ...
Polypore. Polypores are a group of fungi that form large fruiting bodies with pores or tubes on the underside (see Delimitation for exceptions). They are a morphological group of basidiomycetes -like gilled mushrooms and hydnoid fungi, and not all polypores are closely related to each other. Polypores are also called bracket fungi or shelf ...
Medicinal fungi are fungi that contain metabolites or can be induced to produce metabolites through biotechnology to develop prescription drugs. Compounds successfully developed into drugs or under research include antibiotics , anti-cancer drugs , cholesterol and ergosterol synthesis inhibitors, psychotropic drugs, immunosuppressants and ...