Boreostereum is a genus of corticioid fungi. The genus was circumscribed in 1968 by Erast Parmasto to contain the type species, which was formerly known as Stereum radiatum.[1] Boreostereum has four species that are widely distributed in northern temperate areas.[2] Species in the genus have a dimitic hyphal system, and the hyphae have with brown encrustations that turn greenish when potassium hydroxide is applied.[3] Boreosterum vibrans produces vibralactones, chemical metabolites that inhibit various enzymes.[4][5] Recent phylogenetic research indicates that Boreostereum is a sister group to the rest of the Gloeophyllales.[6]

Boreostereum
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Boreostereum

Parmasto (1968)
Type species
Boreostereum radiatum
(Peck) Parmasto (1968)
Species

B. borbonicum
B. radiatum
B. sulphuratum
B. vibrans

References

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  1. ^ Parmasto E. (1968). "Conspectus Systematis Corticiacearum" (in Latin). Tartu, Estonia: Institutum zoologicum et botanicum Academiae scientiarum R.P.S.S. Estonicae: 186. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 98. ISBN 9780851998268.
  3. ^ Chamuris GP. (1988). "The non-stipitate steroid fungi in the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada". Mycologia Memoirs. 14: 1–247 (see p. 46).
  4. ^ Jiang M-Y, Zhang L, Dong Z-J, Yang Z-L, Leng Y (2010). "Vibralactones D-F from cultures of the basidiomycete Boreostereum vibrans". Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 58 (1): 113–116. doi:10.1248/cpb.58.113. PMID 20045978.
  5. ^ Wang G-Q, Wei K, Feng T, Li ZH, Zhang L, Wang QA, Liu JK (2012). "Vibralactones G-J from cultures of the basidiomycete Boreostereum vibrans". Journal of Asian Natural Products Research. 14 (2): 115–120. doi:10.1080/10286020.2011.636037. PMID 22296151. S2CID 24610858.
  6. ^ Garcia-Sandoval R, Wang Z, Binder M, Hibbett DS (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of the Gloeophyllales and relative ages of clades of Agaricomycotina producing a brown rot". Mycologia. 103 (3): 510–524. doi:10.3852/10-209. PMID 21186327. S2CID 9801943.