Nigrofomes

Nigrofomes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Nigrofomes; Murrill (1904)
Type species
	Nigrofomes melanoporus; (Mont.) Murrill (1904)
Species
	N. melanoporus; N. nigrivineus

Nigrofomes is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1904 with N. melanoporus as the type and only species. This fungus, first described as Polyporus melanoporus from collections made in Cuba, is common in tropical America.[1] N. nigrivineus, found in Papua New Guinea, was added to the genus in 2013.[2] The genus name combines the Latin word niger ("black") with the name Fomes.[3]

Description

Murrill described the characteristics of the genus as follows: "Hymenophore large, perennial, epixylous, sessile; context woody, purple, tubes cylindrical, stratose, thick-walled, black; pores ovoid, smooth, hyaline." He noted that Nigrofomes was distinguished from similar genera by its purple context and black tubes.[1]

Chemistry

Drimane-type sesquiterpenes called nigrofomins have been isolated from the fruit bodies of Nigrofomes melanoporus.[4]

References

Murrill, W.A. (1904). "The Polyporaceae of North America: VIII. Hapalopilus, Pycnoporus and new monotypic genera". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 31 (8): 415–428.
Hattori, Tsutomu; Sotome, Kozue (2013). "Type studies of the polypores described by E.J.H. Corner from Asia and West Pacific Areas VIII. Species described in Trametes (2)". Mycoscience. 54 (4): 297–308. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2012.10.008.
Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
Chan, Hsiu-Hui; Juang, Shin-Hun; Thang, Tran Dinh; Chen, Min-Yu; Kuo, Ping-Chung; Yan, Mei-Lin; Ngan, Nguyen Thi; Linh, Nguyen Ngoc; Wu, Tian-Shung (2012). "Drimane-type sesquiterpenes with a dioxabicyclooctane skeleton from the fruiting bodies of Nigrofomes melanoporus and their cytotoxicity". Planta Medica. 78 (7): 737–739. doi:10.1055/s-0031-1298367. PMID 22437245.

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[Murrill_1904-1] Murrill, W.A. (1904). "The Polyporaceae of North America: VIII. Hapalopilus, Pycnoporus and new monotypic genera". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 31 (8): 415–428.

[Hattori_2013-2] Hattori, Tsutomu; Sotome, Kozue (2013). "Type studies of the polypores described by E.J.H. Corner from Asia and West Pacific Areas VIII. Species described in Trametes (2)". Mycoscience. 54 (4): 297–308. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2012.10.008.

[Donk_1960-3] Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.

[Chan_2012-4] Chan, Hsiu-Hui; Juang, Shin-Hun; Thang, Tran Dinh; Chen, Min-Yu; Kuo, Ping-Chung; Yan, Mei-Lin; Ngan, Nguyen Thi; Linh, Nguyen Ngoc; Wu, Tian-Shung (2012). "Drimane-type sesquiterpenes with a dioxabicyclooctane skeleton from the fruiting bodies of Nigrofomes melanoporus and their cytotoxicity". Planta Medica. 78 (7): 737–739. doi:10.1055/s-0031-1298367. PMID 22437245.