Hypotrachyna sinuosa. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

• Published in: Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria
• Main Authors: Minter, D. W., Cannon, P. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: CABI Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Hypotrachyna sinuosa; Nature conservation; IMI descriptions; Medicinal fungi; Forest trees; Fungal morphology; Forests; Woody plants; Cloud forests; Bark; Indicator species; Rain forests; Trees; Shrubs; Habitats; Spore discharge; Geographical distribution; Argentina; British Columbia; Campbell Island; Canada; Indian; New Zealand; Norway; Pacific; Auckland Island; Krasnoyarsk Krai; Macquarie Island; Yakutia; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1079/dfb/20183343761

A description is provided for , which is most often observed on living bark of shrubs and trees in moist, nutrient-poor, often montane ecosystems, being typically a species of temperate often oceanic or montane rainforest, or of tropical montane cloud forest. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, habitat, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (Africa (Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda), North America (Canada (British Columbia), Mexico, USA (Alaska, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington)), Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala), South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Venezuela), Asia (Bhutan, China (Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), India (Sikkim, West Bengal), Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia (Altai Republic, Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Republic of Buryatia, Republic of Khakassia, Yakutia), Taiwan), Atlantic Ocean (Portugal (Azores, Madeira), Spain (Canary Islands)), Australasia (Auckland Island, Australia (Tasmania, Victoria), Campbell Island, Macquarie Island, New Zealand), Caribbean (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica), Europe (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK), Indian Ocean (Réunion), Pacific Ocean (New Caledonia, USA (Hawaii))). With its production of physciosporin, this species is one of several found to contain secondary metabolites able to inhibit motility of lung cancer cells in humans. Other uses of this species have all been as ecological indicators.