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Definition of Xylindein

Xylindein
Xylindein Xy*lin"de*in, n. (Chem.) A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain kinds of decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as an amorphous powder resembling indigo.

Meaning of Xylindein from wikipedia

- Xylindein is a quinone pigment, a dimeric naphthoquinone derivative. It is produced by fungi in the genus Chlorociboria. This pigment causes green staining...
-  aeruginascens is inedible. This species contains a quinone pigment called xylindein, a dimeric naphthoquinone derivative, whose structure was determined by...
- Both C. aeruginosa and C. aeruginascens contain a quinone pigment called xylindein, a dimeric naphthoquinone derivative, whose structure was determined by...
- are 6–10 µm × 1.5–2 µm. The hyphae and fruit bodies of all species make xylindein, a secondary metabolite that stains the substrate wood blue-green, with...
- Daniela; Snider, Hilary; Cooper, Paul A (2012). "Stimulating growth and xylindein production of Chlorociboria aeruginascens in agar-based systems". AMB...