Chemical Defense of the Crust Fungus Aleurodiscus amorphus by a Tailor??Made Cyanogenic Cyanohydrin Ether

BLJ Kindler, P Spiteller

Index: Kindler, Bernhard L. J.; Spiteller, Peter Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2007 , vol. 46, # 42 p. 8076 - 8078

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Abstract

Aleurodiscus amorphus Rabenh.(German name: Orangefarbene Mehlscheibe) is a crust fungus native to Europe, Asia, and North America which occasionally can be found coating the bark of dead or dying silver fir trees (Abies alba).[1] It is worthy of note that its pinhead- sized brilliantly pink-orange fruiting bodies are virtually never attacked by predators. Here we report the detection of the tailor-made cyanohydrin aleurodisconitrile (1) which, on ...