Skeletocutins M–Q: biologically active compounds from the fruiting bodies of the basidiomycete Skeletocutis sp. collected in Africa

• Tian Cheng,
• Clara Chepkirui,
• Cony Decock,
• Josphat C. Matasyoh and
• Marc Stadler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2782–2789, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.270

• ; polyporaceae; secondary metabolites; structure elucidation; Introduction Over the past years, we have been studying the secondary metabolites of African Basidiomycota that were collected in rainforests and mountainous areas of Western Kenya. These species were new to science, and proved to be a prolific

• that it belongs to a new species because neither DNA sequence data in the public domain nor morphological characteristics matched the previously reported species, as compared to the literature. The genus Skeletocutis (of the Polyporaceae) consists of approximately 40 species, which grow as a crust on