Pycnoporus coccineus

Pycnoporus coccineus is a saprophytic, white-rot decomposer fungus in the family Polyporaceae. A widely distributed species, the fungus was first described scientifically by Elias Magnus Fries in 1851. A study conducted by Couturier al et. (2015) concluded that the combined analysis of sugar and solid residues showed the suitability of P. coccineus secreted enzymes for softwood degradation. P. coccineus is a promising model to better understand the challenges of softwood biomass deconstruction and its use in biorefinery processes.^[2]

Pycnoporus coccineus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Pycnoporus
Species:	P. coccineus
Binomial name
Pycnoporus coccineus (Fr.) Bondartsev & Singer (1941)
Synonyms[1]
Polyporus coccineus Fr. (1851) Fomes coccineus (Fr.) Sacc. (1888) Scindalma coccineum (Fr.) Kuntze (1898) Polystictus coccineus (Fr.) Lloyd (1916)

Pycnoporus coccineus Mycological characteristics
	Pores on hymenium
	Hymenium attachment is not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is unknown