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Introduction to Distribution and Ecology of Sterile Conks of Inonotus obliquus

Inonotus obliquus is a fungus that causes white heart rot on several broad-leaved species. This fungus forms typical charcoal-black, sterile conks (chaga) or cinder conks on infected stems of the birche (Betula spp). The dark brown pulp of the sterile conk is formed by a pure mycelial mass of fungus...

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Autores principales: Lee, Min-Woong, Hur, Hyeon, Chang, Kwang-Choon, Lee, Tae-Soo, Ka, Kang-Hyeon, Jankovsky, L.
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Publicado: The Korean Society of Mycology 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3755195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23997626
http://dx.doi.org/10.4489/MYCO.2008.36.4.199
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author Lee, Min-Woong
Hur, Hyeon
Chang, Kwang-Choon
Lee, Tae-Soo
Ka, Kang-Hyeon
Jankovsky, L.
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description Inonotus obliquus is a fungus that causes white heart rot on several broad-leaved species. This fungus forms typical charcoal-black, sterile conks (chaga) or cinder conks on infected stems of the birche (Betula spp). The dark brown pulp of the sterile conk is formed by a pure mycelial mass of fungus. Chaga are a folk remedy in Russia, reflecting the circumboreal distribution of I. obliquus in boreal forest ecosystems on Betula spp. and in meridional mountain forests on beech (Fagus spp.) in Russia, Scandinavia, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe. Distribution at lower latitudes in Western and Southern Europe, Northern America, Asia, Japan, and Korea is rare. Infected trees grow for many years without several symptoms of decline. The infection can penetrate through stem injuries with exterior sterile conks developing later. In the Czech Republic, cinder conk is found on birches inhabiting peat bogs and in mountain areas with a colder and more humid climate, although it is widespread in other broad leaved species over the Czech Republic. The most common hosts are B. pendula, B. pubescens, B. carpatica, and F. sylvatica. Less frequent hosts include Acer campestre, Acer pseudoplatanus, Alnus glutinosa, Alnus incana, Fraxinus excelsior, Quercus cerris, Q. petraea, Q. robur, Q. delachampii, and Ulmus sp.
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spelling pubmed-37551952013-08-30 Introduction to Distribution and Ecology of Sterile Conks of Inonotus obliquus Lee, Min-Woong Hur, Hyeon Chang, Kwang-Choon Lee, Tae-Soo Ka, Kang-Hyeon Jankovsky, L. Mycobiology Minireview Inonotus obliquus is a fungus that causes white heart rot on several broad-leaved species. This fungus forms typical charcoal-black, sterile conks (chaga) or cinder conks on infected stems of the birche (Betula spp). The dark brown pulp of the sterile conk is formed by a pure mycelial mass of fungus. Chaga are a folk remedy in Russia, reflecting the circumboreal distribution of I. obliquus in boreal forest ecosystems on Betula spp. and in meridional mountain forests on beech (Fagus spp.) in Russia, Scandinavia, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe. Distribution at lower latitudes in Western and Southern Europe, Northern America, Asia, Japan, and Korea is rare. Infected trees grow for many years without several symptoms of decline. The infection can penetrate through stem injuries with exterior sterile conks developing later. In the Czech Republic, cinder conk is found on birches inhabiting peat bogs and in mountain areas with a colder and more humid climate, although it is widespread in other broad leaved species over the Czech Republic. The most common hosts are B. pendula, B. pubescens, B. carpatica, and F. sylvatica. Less frequent hosts include Acer campestre, Acer pseudoplatanus, Alnus glutinosa, Alnus incana, Fraxinus excelsior, Quercus cerris, Q. petraea, Q. robur, Q. delachampii, and Ulmus sp. The Korean Society of Mycology 2008-12 2008-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3755195/ /pubmed/23997626 http://dx.doi.org/10.4489/MYCO.2008.36.4.199 Text en Copyright © 2008 The Korean Society of Mycology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ka, Kang-Hyeon
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Introduction to Distribution and Ecology of Sterile Conks of Inonotus obliquus
title Introduction to Distribution and Ecology of Sterile Conks of Inonotus obliquus
title_full Introduction to Distribution and Ecology of Sterile Conks of Inonotus obliquus
title_fullStr Introduction to Distribution and Ecology of Sterile Conks of Inonotus obliquus
title_full_unstemmed Introduction to Distribution and Ecology of Sterile Conks of Inonotus obliquus
title_short Introduction to Distribution and Ecology of Sterile Conks of Inonotus obliquus
title_sort introduction to distribution and ecology of sterile conks of inonotus obliquus
topic Minireview
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3755195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23997626
http://dx.doi.org/10.4489/MYCO.2008.36.4.199
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