%0 Journal Article %A Badalyan, Susanna M. %A Gharibyan, Narine G. %D 2016 %I Begell House %K Armenian species, medicinal mushrooms, medicinal properties, polypore bracket mushrooms %N 4 %P 347-354 %R 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v18.i4.80 %T Diversity of Polypore Bracket Mushrooms, Polyporales (Agaricomycetes), Recorded in Armenia and Their Medicinal Properties %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/708ae68d64b17c52,4f8088b16a4cecb1,69c309e62f88ab46.html %V 18 %X The list of polypore bracket mushrooms (Polyporales) recorded in Armenia is presented. The order Polyporales in Armenia is currently represented by 87 species (4 varieties) belonging to 47 genera. Information regarding the study of the medicinal properties (e.g., antifungal, antibacterial, mitogenic, regenerative, antioxidant, proteolytic) of genetically identified mycelial collections of several polypore species−mainly from the genera Daedalea, Fomes, Fomitopsis, Ganoderma, Laetiporus, Piptoporus, Polyporus, and Trametes−is reported, as well. %8 2016-07-12