Two polyacetylenic antibiotics, peniophorin A and B, have been isolated from a strain of Peniophora affinis. Both have antibacterial and antifungal activity, but B is 3 to 20 times more active than A. Gram-positive cocci and a strain of Proteus vulgaris were especially susceptible to these two antibiotics. Both peniophorins contained an aromatic ring; B was an acid, and A was neutral. Peniophor...

Allophlebia is proposed as a new genus in Meruliaceae based on morphological characters and molecular data. The genus, so far monotypic, typified by Peniophora ludoviciana the combination A. proposed. type species characterized resupinate basidioma, monomitic hyphal system with clamp connections, two types of cystidia (leptocystidia metuloids), clavate basidia, hyaline, thin-walled ellipsoid ba...

Three white-rot fungi, Polyporus versicolor, Ganoderma applanatum, and Peniopbora “G,” produce an adaptive cellulase complex that can degrade both soluble cellulose (Cx) and microcrystalline cellulose (C1), a highly ordered form of cellulose. Production of Cx and C1 by the white-rot fungi was repressed by simple sugars. Cellualase preparations from three brown-rot fungi, Poria monticola, Lentin...