Global InformationLaricifomes officinalis information
| Laricifomes officinalis | |
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Conservation status
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 Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Laricifomitaceae |
| Genus: | Laricifomes Kotl. & Pouzar (1957) |
| Species: | L. officinalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Laricifomes officinalis (Vill.) Kotl. & Pouzar (1957)
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| Synonyms | |
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Boletus officinalis Vill. (1789) | |
Laricifomes officinalis, also known as agarikon, eburiko, or the quinine conk, is a wood-decay fungus that causes brown heart rot on conifers native to Europe, Asia, and North America, as well as Morocco.[2] This fungus is the only member of the genus Laricifomes, in the order Polyporales. The fruiting bodies grow in large conks on the trunks of trees.
There has been a history of human use of the fungus, from textiles,[3] to ritualistic masks,[4] and medicinal use; the name "quinine conk" is given due to its bitter taste. There is recent scientific evidence of it having potency against several viruses.[5][6]
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- ^ Kałucka, Izabela; Tanya Svetasheva (Leo Tolstoy Tula State Pedagogical University, Russia (2019-03-28). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Fomitopsis officinalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ Blanchette, Robert A.; Haynes, Deborah Tear; Held, Benjamin W.; Niemann, Jonas; Wales, Nathan (2021-03-04). "Fungal mycelial mats used as textile by indigenous people of North America". Mycologia. 113 (2): 261–267. doi:10.1080/00275514.2020.1858686. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 33605842. S2CID 231962550.
- ^ Blanchette, Robert A.; Compton, Brian D.; Turner, Nancy J.; Gilbtrtson, Robert L. (1992-01-01). "Nineteenth Century Shaman Grave Guardians are Carved Fomitopsis Officinalis Sporophores". Mycologia. 84 (1): 119–124. doi:10.1080/00275514.1992.12026114. ISSN 0027-5514.
- ^ Stamets, Paul E. (2005). "Medicinal Polypores of the Forests of North America: Screening for Novel Antiviral Activity". International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms. 7 (3): 362. doi:10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v7.i3.210. ISSN 1521-9437.
- ^ "POLYPORES of the Pacific Northwest". www.svims.ca. Retrieved 2021-11-03.