Flourishing Flora Found in Fall's Journal

I chose trametes gibbosa, also known as lumpy brackets, to research. It belongs to the trametes family, which has species that have a number of compounds that play an important role in pharmacology. This is due to their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer properties. Trametes gibbosa are similar to trametes versicolor, in that they both have the properties mentioned above, and they are both found on trees such as fir, pine, and oak. They are also both considered lignicolous fungal species (Pop et al., 2018). Trametes gibbosa are very widespread, found all over Europe and Asia (Groves, 1967).

The fungi species that I chose is Mycena galericulata. It is a commonly called the late fall polypore and bucket fungi, which is an edible mushroom. It is thought to be the tastiest when it is smaller, because it has more water concentration and will get hardened once it grows bigger. There are also researches showing that it could possibly have an effect on inhibiting tumor growth and cancer. Other fungi species in the same family also have the usage of helping the human immune system, for example, healing wounds.