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exposed to the outside. The fruiting body is 2–6 mm thick. It is dark blue with a paler margin, with a velvety or waxy texture when moist, but crusty and brittle when dry. The fruiting body is firmly attached to its growing surface except at the edges. In nature, the fungus surface is typically
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The cobalt crust has a worldwide distribution in warmer climates, and has been reported from Asia, Africa, New
Zealand, Eastern North America, the Canary Islands, Europe, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey.
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When activated by external treatments such as high temperature (42 °C (108 °F)), exposure to vapors of toxic solvents, or contact with a water-
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Briggs LH, Cambie RC, Dean IC, Hodges R, Ingram WB, Rutledge PS. (1976). "Chemistry of fungi. XI. Corticins A, B, and C, benzobisbenzofurans from
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has also been studied. It has also been seen to neutralize weaker acids such as malic, citric, & 30% nitric acid.
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Baute R, Baute M-A, Deffieux G, Filleau M-J. (1976). "Cortalcerone, a new antibiotic induced by external agents in
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Baute R, Baute M-A, Deffieux G. (1987). Proposed pathway to the pyrones cortalcerone and microthecin in fungi".
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found pointing downward, which helps facilitate spore dispersal. It usually grows on dead deciduous wood, often
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Baute R, Baute M-A, Deffieux G, Filleau M-J. (1977). "Conversion of glucose to cortalcerone via glucosone by
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Baute M-A, Baute R. (1984). Occurrence among macrofungi of the bioconversion of glucosone to cortalcerone.
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Pulcherricium caeruleum new record (Fr. Parm. Corticiaceae, Basidiomycetes). A new record from Taiwan".
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Flore Françoise ou
Description succincte de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France
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Compounds with so-called "benzobisbenzofuranoid" skeletons have been isolated and identified from
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named cortalcerone (2-hydroxy-6H-3-pyrone-2-carboxaldehyde hydrate), that inhibits the growth of
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846:See the Species Fungorum entry for
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638:and its occurrence in Europe".
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476:is better established.
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207:Pulcherricium caeruleum
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375:Streptococcus pyogenes
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419:Thelephora violascens
407:Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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611:"wood-rotting fungi"
532:(Lam.) Kuntze 1891)"
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753:Corticium caeruleum
733:Corticium caeruleum
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690:Sesli E. (2008).
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391:T. caerulea
366:T. caerulea
303:ellipsoidal
299:spore print
257:Description
178:Lam. (1779)
88:Polyporales
1140:Categories
621:2009-02-09
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480:References
370:antibiotic
269:, Scotland
238:fungus or
59:Division:
1096:Q64676201
699:Mycotaxon
460:included
364:mixture,
345:The blue
333:Chemistry
121:Species:
47:Kingdom:
1118:MycoBank
1105:Fungorum
1090:Wikidata
1015:MycoBank
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963:Fungorum
922:Wikidata
816:Abstract
658:Taiwania
462:coerulea
448:In 1763
439:caerulea
435:coerulea
423:coerulea
421:variety
351:polymers
278:hymenium
267:Ayrshire
244:saprobic
212:Parmasto
166:Synonyms
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1069:1339870
1046:1647800
994:1159218
981:5244849
928:Q882696
384:glucose
362:toluene
347:pigment
319:hyaline
315:basidia
307:hyaline
242:, is a
210:(Lam.)
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474:Terana
454:Terana
443:Byssus
437:, not
397:Naming
297:. The
214:(1968)
202:(1938)
190:(1891)
188:Kuntze
159:(1891)
157:Kuntze
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415:Fries
295:hazel
287:maple
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1041:NCBI
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950:EPPO
591:ISBN
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