Coprinellus xanthothrix

Coprinellus xanthothrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Psathyrellaceae
Genus:	Coprinellus
Species:	C. xanthothrix
Binomial name
Coprinellus xanthothrix (Romagn.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq. Johnson

Coprinellus xanthothrix is a species of fungus in the Psathyrellaceae family. This species was isolated from a polyphenol-polluted site near an olive processing plant in Greece. Shown to have the enzymes laccase and manganese peroxidase, the fungus is able to decolorize the recalcitrant polymeric dye R-478.^[1] First described as Coprinus xanthothrix by the French mycologist Henri Romagnesi in 1941, it was later transferred to the genus Coprinellus in 2001.^[2]

See also

Fungi portal

• List of Coprinellus species

References

1. ^ Dritsa V, Rigas F, Natsis K, Marchant R. (2006). "Characterization of a fungal strain isolated from a polyphenol polluted site". Bioresource Technology 98 (9): 1741–47. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2006.07.025. PMID 16935498. 
2. ^ Redhead SA, Vilgalys R, Moncalvo J-M,Johnson J & Hopple, JS Jr. (2001). "Coprinus Pers. and the disposition of Coprinus species sensu lato". Taxon 50 (1): 203–41. doi:10.2307/1224525. JSTOR 1224525).