Tyromyces chioneus

Taxobox
name = "Tyromyces chioneus"
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Basidiomycota
classis = Basidiomycetes
subclassis = Agaricomycetidae
ordo = Polyporales
familia = Polyporaceae
genus = "Tyromyces"
species = "T. chioneus"
binomial = "Tyromyces chioneus"
binomial_authority = (Fr.) P. Karst., (1881)
synonyms = "Bjerkandera chionea" (Fr.) P. Karst., (1881)
"Boletus candidus" Pers., (1801)
"Leptoporus albellus" (Peck) Bourdot & L. Maire, (1920)
"Leptoporus albellus subsp. chioneus" (Fr.) Bourdot & Galzin, (1925)
"Leptoporus chioneus" (Fr.) Quél., (1886)
"Leptoporus lacteus f. albellus" (Peck) Pilát, (1938)
"Polyporus albellus" Peck, (1878)
"Polyporus chioneus" Fr., (1815)
"Polystictus chioneus" (Fr.) Gillot & Lucand, (1890)
"Tyromyces albellus" (Peck) Bondartsev & Singer, (1941)
"Ungularia chionea" (Fr.) Lázaro Ibiza, (1916)

Tyromyces chioneus is a plant pathogen. It has been shown to contain sesquiterpenes that have anti-HIV activity [J Antibiot. 2007 60(5):332-4.]

References

External links

* [http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Index Fungorum]
* [http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases USDA ARS Fungal Database]
* [http://healing-mushrooms.net/archives/tyromyces-chioneus.html “"Tyromyces chioneus"”] by Robert Sasata, "Healing-Mushrooms.net", November, 2007.