Chemical constituents of the essential oils of three wood‐rotting fungi

Abstract

Abstract Volatiles from the wood‐rotting fungi Schizophyllum commune , Datronia mollis and Pycnoporus cinnabarinu s were obtained by hydrodistillation and investigated by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. In total, 20 compounds could be identified for the first time as volatile constituents of fungi. Major components were 1‐hepten‐3‐one, 1‐octen‐3‐ol and 2‐pentyl furan. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.