ເຫັດກ້ານຈອງດຳ / Wood-decay Fungi

Use
Medicine
Scientific Name / Family
Amauroderma rugosum (Blume & T. Nees) Torrend / Ganodermataceae
Synonyms
Scindalma rugosum (Blume & T. Nees) Kuntze
Polyporus sandakanii Lloyd
Amauroderma rugosum var. latiporum Corner
Fomes rugosus Nees
Other Names
Thai: Cwak Ngu Si Ob Xiew, Cwak Ngu Kha Khaeng, Ling Jeu Dam Dan
Chinese: Jiǎ zhī [假芝]
Botanical Description

Fruiting body spoon sharp, up to 20 cm tall. Cap 2−15 cm wide, mesopodal and often excentric, or often pleuropodal, varying thin and flexible to thick and rigid, more or less sulcate and rugose, generally dull and matt, rich dark brown then fuscous brown to black, old specimens dull black (even the margin), weathering fuscous with pale grey zones, young specimens in full growth with a chestnut−brown sublaccate or resinous zone round the white margin, obtuse to subacute. Stem 3−30 cm x 5−18 mm, cylindrical, rooting, dull, matt, brown then black as the cap

Description of Use

Medicinal: Chinese to reduce inflammation, to treat diuretic and upset stomach, and to prevent cancer. (Chan et al. 2015), Nutritional analysis of freeze−dried mycelia of A. rugosum (KUM 61131) from submerged culture indicated a predominant presence of carbohydrates, proteins, dietary fibre, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.

 

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