Shiraia bambusicola

Short description: Species of fungus

Shiraia bambusicola

Scientific classification
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Fungi

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Ascomycota

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Dothideomycetes

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Dothideomycetidae

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Pleosporales

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incertae sedis

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Shiraia

Henn. 1900

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S. bambusicola

Binomial name
Shiraia bambusicola

P. Henn. 1900

Shiraia bambusicola is a parasitic fungus on twigs of several genera of bamboos, and its relatively large stromata are used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Shiraia. It is widely distributed in many provinces of Southern China and also in Japan .

The genus Shiraia, named after Dr. Mitsutaro Shirai, was first established and proposed as a member of the family Nectriaceae by P. Hennings in 1900.[1][2] Although the familial placement is somewhat uncertain, molecular phylogenetic evidence based on the sequences of ribosomal DNA supports its positioning in the Phaeosphaeriaceae.[3] Species Fungorum uses the family name of Shiraiaceae.[4]

The extracts from its stromata contain hypocrellins and shiraiachromes,[5][6] members of perylenequinone class of natural products, which are photoactivated therapeutic agents. Hypocrellins were firstly found in another filamentous fungus Hypocrella bambuase, which is also parasitic on bamboos.

## References

1. ↑ Hennings, P. (1901). "Fungi japonici". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28 (3): 259–280. http://www.botanicus.org/item/31753002220942.
2. ↑ Saccardo, P.A.; Sydow, P. (1902). Sylloge Fungorum (XVI ed.). p. 600. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/02971/0600.htm.
3. ↑ Cheng T.F.; Jia X.M.; Ma X.H.; Lin H.P.; Zhao Y.H. (2004). "Phylogenetic study on Shiraia bambusicola by rDNA sequence analyses". Journal of Basic Microbiology 44 (5): 339–50. doi:10.1002/jobm.200410434. PMID 15378525.
4. ↑ "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/GSDSpecies.asp?RecordID=158454.
5. ↑ Ma J.S.; Yan F.; Wang C.Q.; An J.Y. (1989). "Hypocrellin-A sensitized photooxidation of bilirubin". Photochemistry and Photobiology 50 (6): 827–30. doi:10.1111/j.1751-1097.1989.tb02914.x. PMID 2626494.
6. ↑ Wu H.M.; Liao X.F.; Wang Q.W.; Lu R.R.; Shen C.Y.; Zhang F.X.; Liu M.F.; Jia L.Z. (1989). "The Shiraiachromes: Novel Fungal Perylenequinone Pigments from Shiraia Bambusicola". Journal of Natural Products 52 (5): 948–51. doi:10.1021/np50065a006.

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