| Trametes betulina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Trametes |
| Species: | T. betulina |
| Binomial name | |
| Trametes betulina (L.) Pilát (1939) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lenzites betulina (L.) Fr., (1838) | |
Trametes betulina Mycological characteristics | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is flat |
 | Lacks a stipe |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is inedible |
Trametes betulina (formerly Lenzites betulina), sometimes known by common names gilled polypore, birch mazegill or multicolor gill polypore, is a species of inedible fungus.
Although it is a member of the Polyporales order, its fruiting bodies have gills instead of pores, which distinguishes it from the superficially similar Trametes versicolor or Trametes hirsuta. Research has shown that it has several medicinal properties, including antioxidant, antimicrobial, antitumor, and immunosuppressive activities.
References
- Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. pp. 312–13. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- Medicinal Mushrooms » Blog Archive » Lenzites betulina
External links
- Index Fungorum
- USDA ARS Fungal Database
- “Lenzites betulina” by Robert Sasata, Healing-Mushrooms.net, September, 2007.
- California Fungi—Trametes betulina
- Lenzites betulina, The Mushroom Farm
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Trametes betulina | |
| Lenzites betulina | |
| Agaricus betulinus | |
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