Trametes betulina (formerly Lenzites betulina), sometimes known by common names gilled polypore, birch mazegill or multicolor gill polypore, is a species of inedible fungus.[1]
| Trametes betulina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 |
Although it is a member of the Polyporales order, its fruiting bodies have gills instead of pores, which distinguishes it from the superficially similar Trametes versicolor or Trametes hirsuta. Research has shown that it has several medicinal properties, including antioxidant, antimicrobial, antitumor, and immunosuppressive activities.[2]
References
edit- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. pp. 312–13. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Medicinal Mushrooms » Blog Archive » Lenzites betulina
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lenzites betulina.
- 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
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