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''Lignosus rhinocerus'' or more commonly known as Tiger Milk Mushroom belongs to Polyporaceae family in the phylum Basidiomycota.〔Ryvarden, L. and Johansen, I. 1980. A preliminary polypore flora of East Africa. Fungiflora. Oslo. 1-636.〕〔Douanla-Meli C, Langer E. (2003). "A new species of Lignosus (Polyporaceae) from Cameroon". Mycologia 86: 389–94.〕〔.Tam CS, Ng S-T, Tan J. (2013). "Two new species of Lignosus (Polyporaceae) from Malaysia — L. tigris and L. cameronensis". Mycotaxon 123: 193–204. doi:10.5248/123.193.〕 Tiger milk mushroom was regarded as indispensable medicinal mushroom with the ability to cure numerous aliments. This fungus geographically distributed only in tropical rainforest in the region of South China, Thailand,Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Papua New Guinea.〔Núñez, M. and Ryvarden, L. 2001. East Asian polypores 2. Polyporaceae s. lato. Synopsis Fungorum 14: 170– 522.〕〔Cui, B.K., Tang, L.P. and Dai, Y.C. 2010. Morphological and molecular evidences for a new species of Lignosus (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from tropical China. Mycologia Progress 1-5.〕 In Malaysia, Tiger Milk Mushroom or more often known 'Cendawan Susu Rimau' hailed as Malaysia’s national treasure and has been used traditionally as health tonic by the aborigines. According to the aborigines folklore, the name implies based on story where this relatively unknown fungus grow on the spot where a tigress drips its milk while feeding her cubs. ==History== Tiger milk mushroom was first brought to the light only in 1664 when European government agent was given this mythical product when sailed to the South East Asian Region. According to The Diary of John Evelyn (Publication dated 22 June 1664), this medicinal mushroom named as ‘Lac tygridis’ meaning tiger’s milk. In his publication also recorded that this fungus was used by the local people to treat disease that European doctors found no cure. In 1890, Sir Henry Nicholas Ridley, the Father of Malaya’s Rubber industry, recorded that this fungus was an important medicinal mushroom used by local communities.〔Ridley HN.1890.On the so-called Tiger's milk,'susu rimau'of the Malays().Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society(22):341-344.〕 He even attempted to cultivate it but failed. In the same year, this fungus scientifically documented by Cooke and named it as ''Fomes rhinocerotis'' based on a specimen found in Penang.〔Cooke.1879.'XV.Enumeration of Polyporus ().Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh,13(1):131-159.〕 Today, Tiger Milk Mushroom more commonly had known with its scientific name ''Lignosus rhinocerotis/rhinocerus''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lignosus rhinocerus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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