Gloeophyllum

Gloeophyllum
Fruiting bodies of the rusty gilled polypore (Gloeophyllum sepiarium)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Gloeophyllales
Family:	Gloeophyllaceae
Genus:	Gloeophyllum P. Karst. (1882)
Type species
Gloeophyllum sepiarium (Wulfen) P. Karst. (1882) (as Gleophyllum)
Species
G. abietinum G. carbonarium G. concentricum G. mexicanum G. odoratum G. protractum G. sepiarium G. striatum G. trabeum

Gloeophyllum is a genus of fungus in the class Agaricomycetes. It is characterized by the production of leathery to corky tough, brown, shaggy-topped, revivable fruitbodies lacking a stipe and with a lamellate to daedaleoid or poroid fertile hymenial surfaces. The hyphal system is dimitic to trimitic. The genus is further characterized by the production of a brown rot of wood. ^{[1] [2]} Phylogenetically, it along with several other brown rot Basidiomycota, Neolentinus , Heliocybe , and Veluticeps form an order called the Gloeophyllales. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

The most frequently encountered species in the Northern Hemisphere is Gloeophyllum sepiarium , ^[7] which is commonly found in a dried state on both bark-covered and decorticated conifer stumps and logs, timbers on wharfs, planks on unpainted wooden buildings, wood bridges, and even creosoted railroad ties.^{[ citation needed ]}

Pharmacology

An extract of Gloeophyllum odoratum exhibits high inhibitory activity on thrombin and trypsin ^[8] as well as cysteine protease. ^[9]

References

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5. Binder, Manfred; Hibbett, David S.; Larsson, Karl-Henrik; Larsson, Ellen; Langer, Ewald; Langer, Gitta (2005). "The phylogenetic distribution of resupinate forms across the major clades of mushroom-forming fungi (Homobasidiomycetes)". Systematics and Biodiversity. 3 (2): 113–57. Bibcode:2005SyBio...3..113B. doi:10.1017/S1477200005001623. S2CID   13102957.
6. Garcia-Sandoval, R.; Wang, Z.; Binder, M.; Hibbett, D. S. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of the Gloeophyllales and relative ages of clades of Agaricomycotina producing a brown rot". Mycologia. 103 (3): 510–24. doi:10.3852/10-209. PMID   21186327. S2CID   9801943.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2007-12-04.^{[ full citation needed ]}
8. Doljak, B.; Stegnar, M.; Urleb, U.; Kreft, S.; Umek, A.; Ciglarič, M.; Štrukelj, B.; Popovič, T. (2001). "Screening for selective thrombin inhibitors in mushrooms". Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis. 12 (2): 123–8. doi:10.1097/00001721-200103000-00006. PMID   11302474. S2CID   28411589.
9. Mlinarič, A.; Kreft, S.; Umek, A.; Štrukelj, B.; Popovič, T. (2000). "Cysteine proteinase inhibitors screening of fungal species growing in Slovenia". Acta Pharmaceutica. 50 (1): 39–48. INIST   1336079.