Coprinellus xanthothrix

Coprinellus xanthothrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Psathyrellaceae
Genus: Coprinellus
Species: C. xanthothrix
Binomial name
Coprinellus xanthothrix
(Romagn.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq.Johnson

Coprinellus xanthothrix is a species of fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae. This species was isolated from a polyphenol-polluted site near an olive processing plant in Greece. Shown to have the enzymes laccase and manganese peroxidase, the fungus is able to decolorize the recalcitrant polymeric dye R-478.[1] First described as Coprinus xanthothrix by the French mycologist Henri Romagnesi in 1941, it was later transferred to the genus Coprinellus in 2001.[2]

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References

  1. Dritsa V, Rigas F, Natsis K, Marchant R. (2006). "Characterization of a fungal strain isolated from a polyphenol polluted site". Bioresource Technology. 98 (9): 1741–47. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2006.07.025. PMID 16935498.
  2. Redhead SA, Vilgalys R, Moncalvo J-M, Johnson J, Hopple JS Jr. (2001). "Coprinus Pers. and the disposition of Coprinus species sensu lato". Taxon. 50 (1): 203–241. doi:10.2307/1224525. JSTOR 1224525.


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