Trametes betulina
| Trametes betulina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Trametes |
| Species: | T. betulina
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| Binomial name | |
| Trametes betulina (L.) Pilát (1939)
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| Synonyms | |
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Lenzites betulina (L.) Fr., (1838) | |
Trametes betulina | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is flat |
 | Lacks a stipe |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is inedible |
Trametes betulina (formerly Lenzites betulina), sometimes known by common names gilled polypore, birch mazegill or multicolor gill polypore, is a species of fungus.
The caps are 2.5–13 centimetres (1–5 in) wide.[1][2] Although it is a member of the Polyporales order, the fruiting bodies have gills instead of pores, which distinguishes it from the superficially similar Trametes versicolor or T. hirsuta.[3]
It is inedible due to its toughness.[2][4] Research has shown that it has several medicinal properties, including antioxidant, antimicrobial, antitumor, and immunosuppressive activities.[3]
References
- ^ Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ^ a b Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. p. 589. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.
- ^ a b Medicinal Mushrooms » Blog Archive » Lenzites betulina
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. pp. 312–13. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
External links
Media related to Lenzites betulina at Wikimedia Commons- Index Fungorum
- USDA ARS Fungal Database
- “Lenzites betulina” by Robert Sasata, Healing-Mushrooms.net, September, 2007.
- California Fungi—Trametes betulina
- Lenzites betulina, The Mushroom Farm