Basidiomycetes have several biotechnological and industrial applications such as enzyme production, bioremediation, pharmaceutical and functional food production. Due to climatic features, the preservation of several basidiomycetes is threatened, and to guarantee the preservation of this genetic resource, the development of long-term preservation techniques is necessary once there is no univers...

Bothrideridae is a small family of poorly known beetles comprising four subfamilies (Teredinae, Xylariophilinae, Bothriderinae and Anommatinae) and more than 400 species in 38 genera (Ślipiński et al. 2010). Members of the family are found in all major zoogeographical regions of the world with the majority of diversity in the Old World tropics. Although little is known about the biology, most b...

A new fatty acid metabolite, octadeca-8,11-dienoic acid methylester (1) was isolated together with the known ergosterol (2) from Fistulina hepatica. The edible mushroom Fistulina hepatica is a relatively rarely occurring representative of the wood-rotting basidiomycetes for which no characteristic metabolites have been reported so far. The compounds 1 and 2 were purified by solvent extraction, ...

Proposed is a method to investigate degradation of lignocelluloses by pure cultures of basidiomycetes using preserving jars with vermiculite as reservoir for water and nutrients. Bamboo samples of Gigantochloa atroviolacea and Phyllostachys pubescens and wood samples of Fagus sylvatica and Pinus sylvestris were inoculated with the brown-rot fungus Coniophora puteana and the white-rot fungus Sch...

Wood decay fungi belonging to the species complex Heterobasidion annosum sensu lato are among the most common and economically important species causing root rot and stem decay in conifers of the northern temperate regions. New infections by these pathogens can be suppressed by tree stump treatments using chemical or biological control agents. In Finland, the corticiaceous fungus Phlebiopsis gi...

Strobilurin is a group of natural products and their synthetic analogs have been widely used to control prevent fungal diseases. Strobilurins were firstly isolated in 1977 from the mycelium Strobilurus tenacellus, saprobic Basidiomycete fungus causing wood-rotting on forest trees. This pesticides was designed manage pathogens classes such as Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, Oomycetes. Also, commerc...

Some unusual specimens of the wood-inhabiting fungus Auricularia auricula-judae have been studied using morphological and molecular methods. As expected from external features, we describe a new species cerrina sp. nov. Sequencing ITS region confirms differences other Auricularia, preliminary phylogenetic analysis is presented. characterized by blackish fruitbodies in fresh conditions with comb...