Pycnoporus coccineus is a saprophytic, white-rot decomposer fungus in the family Polyporaceae. A widely distributed species, the fungus was first described scientifically by Elias Magnus Fries in 1851. A study conducted by Couturier al et. (2015) concluded that the combined analysis of sugar and solid residues showed the suitability of P. coccineus secreted enzymes for softwood degradation. P. coccineus is a promising model to better understand the challenges of softwood biomass deconstruction and its use in biorefinery processes.[2]

Pycnoporus coccineus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Pycnoporus
Species:
P. coccineus
Binomial name
Pycnoporus coccineus
(Fr.) Bondartsev & Singer (1941)
Synonyms[1]
  • Polyporus coccineus Fr. (1851)
  • Fomes coccineus (Fr.) Sacc. (1888)
  • Scindalma coccineum (Fr.) Kuntze (1898)
  • Polystictus coccineus (Fr.) Lloyd (1916)
Pycnoporus coccineus
View the Mycomorphbox template that generates the following list
Pores on hymenium
Hymenium attachment is not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown

References

edit
  1. ^ "GSD species synonymy: Pycnoporus coccineus (Fr.) Bondartsev & Singer". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  2. ^ Couturier, Marie; Navarro, David; Chevret, Didier; Henrissat, Bernard; Piumi, François; Ruiz-Dueñas, Francisco J.; Martinez, Angel T.; Grigoriev, Igor V.; Riley, Robert; Lipzen, Anna; Berrin, Jean-Guy (2015-12-18). "Enhanced degradation of softwood versus hardwood by the white-rot fungus Pycnoporus coccineus". Biotechnology for Biofuels. 8 (1): 216. doi:10.1186/s13068-015-0407-8. ISSN 1754-6834. PMC 4683735. PMID 26692083.
edit