''Trametes hirsuta'', commonly known as hairy bracket, is a fungal plant pathogen. It is found on dead wood of deciduous trees, especially beechwood. It is found all year round and persists due to its leathery nature.
[Phillips, Roger (2006), Mushrooms. Pub. McMilan, . P. 317.]
The cap is whitish gray, with short hairs, sometimes yellowish and tomentose at the edge, and with subtle zoning. The flesh is tough with a soft gray upper layer and a whitish lower layer, separated by a black plane.
Similar species include ''
T. pubescens'', which is unzoned, buff in colour, and without layered flesh. ''
T. versicolor'' is more distinctively zoned.
Biotechnology
Lyophilized
Freeze drying, also known as lyophilization or cryodesiccation, is a low temperature dehydration process that involves freezing the product and lowering pressure, removing the ice by sublimation. This is in contrast to dehydration by most conve ...
cell cultures of ''Trametes hirsuta'' yield
aldehydes
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from
alkenes
In organic chemistry, an alkene is a hydrocarbon containing a carbon–carbon double bond.
Alkene is often used as synonym of olefin, that is, any hydrocarbon containing one or more double bonds.H. Stephen Stoker (2015): General, Organic, an ...
, representing a
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alternative to
ozonolysis
In organic chemistry, ozonolysis is an organic reaction where the unsaturated bonds of alkenes (), alkynes (), or azo compounds () are cleaved with ozone (). Alkenes and alkynes form organic compounds in which the multiple carbon–carbon b ...
.
See also
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List of ''Trametes'' species
References
Fungi described in 1791
Fungal tree pathogens and diseases
Polyporaceae
Fungi of Europe
Taxa named by Franz Xaver von Wulfen
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