About
Fomitopsis pinicola, comúnmente conocido como el Hongo de Cinturón Rojo, es un hongo en forma de estante que crece en árboles coníferos en América del Norte y Europa. Se caracteriza por su sombrero en forma de riñón o semicircular con una distintiva banda de color marrón rojizo alrededor del borde. Este hongo es un saprófito, lo que significa que se alimenta de madera en descomposición. Fomitopsis pinicola se ha utilizado en la medicina tradicional por sus posibles beneficios para la salud, incluyendo el apoyo al sistema inmunológico y propiedades antiinflamatorias. Aunque no se consume típicamente como fuente de alimento, se valora por sus propiedades medicinales en diversas formas de medicina herbal.
Physical Characteristics
Caps:
El sombrero de Fomitopsis pinicola es típicamente en forma de riñón o semicircular, con una coloración que va de marrón rojizo a marrón oscuro. Puede crecer hasta 20 cm de diámetro.
Gills:
Este hongo no tiene laminillas ya que es un hongo poliporo.
Helps With
Apoyo al sistema inmunológico
Se cree que Fomitopsis pinicola tiene propiedades que refuerzan el sistema inmunológico y pueden ayudar a mantener la salud en general.
Efectos antiinflamatorios
Algunos estudios sugieren que los compuestos en Fomitopsis pinicola pueden tener efectos antiinflamatorios, lo que podría ayudar en el manejo de condiciones inflamatorias.
Medicinal Chemistry
Similar Species
Species: Fomitopsis betulina
Edibility: Fomitopsis betulina tampoco se recomienda para el consumo.
Key Differences: Fomitopsis betulina tiene un sombrero de color blanco a marrón claro sin el cinturón rojo.
Species: Fomitopsis betulina
Edibility: Fomitopsis betulina tampoco se recomienda para el consumo.
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References
COVID, Mushrooms, & Immune Modulators
Fortified Mycelium of Fomitopsis officinalis (Agaricomycetes) as a Source of Biologically Active Substances Effective in the Prevention of Civilization Diseases
Trials Test Mushrooms and Herbs as Anti–COVID-19 Agents
Nineteenth Century Shaman Grave Guardians are Carved Fomitopsis Officinalis Sporophores
Purification and fermentation characteristics of exopolysaccharide from Fomitopsis castaneus Imaz
Evaluation of the Antioxidant Activities and Tyrosinase Inhibitory Property from Mycelium Culture Extracts
Chlorinated coumarins from the polypore mushroom Fomitopsis officinalis and their activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Antiviral activity of polyporoid mushrooms (higher Basidiomycetes) from Altai Mountains (Russia)
Antipox Properties of Fomitopsis officinalis (Vill.: Fr.) Bond. et Singer (Agarikon) from the Pacific Northwest of North America
Gordon Saxe & Paul Stamets, DSci talk on COVID, Mushrooms, and Immune Modulators at the GW Medicinal Fungi Conference.
2023
Fomitopsis officinalis is a popular species of therapeutic arboreal mushroom with a documented history of use in traditional European and Asian medicine. It was chosen as a research material not only due to its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and immunostimulating properties but also because it is endangered in Poland.
2021
The COVID-19 pandemic’s early days, integrative medicine specialists Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD, MPH, and Andrew Shubov, MD, watched in frustration as desperate patients infected with the novel coronavirus tried one ineffective remedy after another. “People were taking increasingly toxic drugs, and nothing was working,” Shubov said in an interview.
2021
Shaman Grave Guardians are Carved Fomitopsis Officinalis Sporophores. Utility of Spore Length/Width Ratio in Separating Geopora Cooperi.
2018
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which are the end products of carbohydrate fermentation in the gut, mainly contribute to energy metabolism in mammals. The amount of SCFAs produced during fermentation is an important parameter that characterizes the fermentation capacity of a system. This paper reports on the fermentation characteristics of exopolysaccharides (EPS) isolated from Fomitopsis castaneus Imaz, a wood-rot fungal species. We isolated and purified the main EPS fraction by freeze drying and DEAE-Sepharose fast flow chromatography.
2017
Since mushrooms have many bioactive components, they have been used as components in folk medicine. Because mycelium has an advantage when it comes to large-scale production, this study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant properties and anti-tyrosinase activity from 55 mycelia in culture media. Relatively high 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging capacity was detected from the ethanol extract of culture media including mycelium (EECiM) of Morchella esculenta var. esculenta (MEVE), Auricularia polytricha (APO), Tremella aurantia (TAU), Volvariella bombycina (VBO), and Oudemansiella sp. (Osp), which also showed strong reducing power and inhibitory activity in relation to the thiobarbituric acid (TBA) value.
2015
An EtOH extract of the polypore mushroom Fomitopsis officinalis afforded two new naturally occurring chlorinated coumarins, which were identified as the previously synthesized compounds 6-chloro-4-phenyl-2H-chromen-2-one (1) and ethyl 6-chloro-2-oxo-4- phenyl-2H-chromen-3-carboxylate (2). The structures of the two isolates were deduced by abinitio spectroscopic methods and confirmed by chemical synthesis. In addition, an analogue of each was synthesized as 7-chloro-4-phenyl-2H-chromen-2-one (3) and ethyl 7-chloro-2-oxo-4-phenyl-2H-chromen-3-carboxylate (4).
2013
Antiviral activity against type A influenza virus of birds A/chicken/Kurgan/05/2005 (H5N1) and humans A/Aichi/2/68 (H3N2) was investigated for aqueous extracts from mycelium of 11 basidial fungi species collected in the Altai Mountains (Altai Republic, Russia). The most perspective strains for producing antiviral medicines are studied strains Daedaleopsis confragosa, Datronia mollis, Ischnoderma benzoinum, Trametes gibbosa, T. versicolor, Laricifomes officinalis, and Lenzites betulina.
2012
Polypore mushrooms have been used medicinally for thousands of years. The Greek physician Dioscorides first described the use of Fomitopsis officinalis, a wood conk (or agarikon), as a treatment against consumption in 65 AD. Its use as a topical anti-inflammatory agent also spans millennia. Other wood conks such as Ganoderma lucidum (Ling Chi or Reishi) have had a similarly long history of use in Asia. In the past 20 years, wood conks continue to be carefully explored for their immunomodulating and anticancer properties.
2005