Albatrellus cristatus

Albatrellus cristatus is a species of fungus in the family Albatrellaceae. It is found in Asia, Europe, and North America, where it grows singly or in fused clumps on the ground in deciduous and coniferous forests.[1] Fruit bodies contain cristatic acid, a benzoic acid derivative that has cytotoxic activity and antibiotic activity against Bacillus species in laboratory tests.[2] Another compound known only from the fungus, cristatomentin, is a green pigment with a meroterpene chemical structure.[3]

Albatrellus cristatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Russulales
Family:
Albatrellaceae
Genus:
Albatrellus
Species:
A. cristatus
Binomial name
Albatrellus cristatus
(Schaeff.) Kotl. & Pouzar (1957)
Synonyms
  • Boletus cristatus Schaeff. (1774)

References
  1. Bessette A, Roody WC, Bessette AR (2000). North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms. Syracuse University Press. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-8156-0588-1.
  2. Bycroft BW. (1987). Dictionary of Antibiotics & Related Substances. CRC Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-412-25450-5.
  3. Koch B, Kilpert C, Steglich W (2010). "Cristatomentin, a green pigment of mixed biogenetic origin from Albatrellus cristatus (Basidiomycetes)". European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2010 (2): 359–62. doi:10.1002/ejoc.200900718.


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