Members of the genera phellinus and inonotus, including p. Phellinus igniarius, a polypore mushroom, is one of the most used in. Phellinus igniarius group, one of the most important woodrotting fungi of many deciduous trees, was described as two species p. Museum collections of igniarius indicate that its use by native americans as a masticatory or for smoking purposes was widespread across north america. Comparing the functional components, sodlike activities. The fungus was burned and the ashes mixed with tobacco to give it a powerful kick. Made of cork, relating to fire willow bracket, fire sponge igniarius was the name given to this cracked and charred looking perennial conk. This mushroom looks as though it can withstand the harshest of elements flames, lightning, rain and even drought. Like other members of the genus of phellinus it lives by saprotrophic nutrition, in which the lignin and cellulose of a host tree is degraded and is a cause of white rot. However, many native american groups discovered that the ashes of igniarius will increase the buzz of chewing tobacco. Medicinal mushroom phellinus igniarius induced cell apoptosis in. Submerged fermentation by phellinus igniarius was done using solid wastes of spent mushroom substrate and corn cob in the medium. Phellinus trivialis is a fungus of the family of hymenochaetaceae.
The morphology of fruiting bodies of phellinus igniarius and phellinus linteus. Steroids and sesquiterpenes from cultures of the fungus phellinus. Comparing the functional components, sodlike activities, antimutagenicity, and nutrient compositions of phellinus igniarius and phellinus linteus mushrooms. Ethnomycology, forest fungi, basidio mycetes, phellinus igniarius, nicotine, tobacco, native americans, eskimo culture edward w. Pdf taxonomy of the species in the phellinus igniarius group. Phellinus igniarius, belonging to polyporaceae family, is widely distributed in yunnan and sichuan provinces of china 1. In 1776 carl linnaeus described this species, giving it the name boletus igniarius. Taxonomy of the species in the phellinus igniarius group. Phellinus igniarius is probably the most dangerous regularlyconsumed mushroom. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license.
Article information, pdf download for phellinus igniarius. The aim of this paper was to examine and compare the mycelial growth of. Today, this practice is particularly widespread among native alaskans. Study on the biological materials produced by phellinus igniarius. It was the french mycologist lucien quelet who, in 1886, transferred the willow bracket fungus to the genus phellinus, renaming it as phellinus igniarius, the scientific name by which it is generally recognised nowadays. The medicinal mushroom, phellinus igniarius, contains biologically active compounds that modulate the human immune system. A mushroom extract piwep from phellinus igniarius ameliorates. Mtt assay displayed that the total ethanol extract of p. The use of the mixture of fungus ash and tobacco is being studied and treated as a serious health concern. Phellinus igniarius is a traditional medicinal mushroom used in china and other countries of east asia.