Cinnabar Bracket
Pycnoporus sanguineus
"Pycnoporus sanguineus" is a white rot saprobic fungus. It was discovered on Guana Island but occurs throughout the tropics and subtropics, usually growing on dead hardwoods. It grows in the form of a thin dry conk with a lateral attachment to its substrate, or sometimes a very short stipe.
![Pycnoporus sanguineus A Fungi also known as Urupê (the original name) and Orelha de pau (Wooden ear), that has medicinal use among aboriginal peoples from Australia wich have used it for curing mouth sores, ulcers, and teething of infants. In South America, Indígenous peoples use it as ear medicine too. The industry also uses it because of the enzymes that they produce. Their occurrence is an important indicator of the health of the existing flora as they appear in the process of decomposing trunks.
"This fungi is very similar to P. cinnabarinus but this one is from warmer regions. To distinguish between P. sanguineus and P. cinnabarinus there are some differences to note:
P. sanguineus contains darker red pigments that don't easily fade. Several collected specimens of P. cinnabarinus show pale orange pigmentation in areas with direct sunlight. P. cinnabarinus contains larger pores per mm (2-4) than P. sanguineus (with 4-6 pores per mm.).
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