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Inside Cover: Chemical Defense of the Crust Fungus Aleurodiscus amorphus by a Tailor‐Made Cyanogenic Cyanohydrin Ether (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42/2007)
Author(s) -
Kindler Bernhard L. J.,
Spiteller Peter
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200790211
Subject(s) - cyanohydrin , cover (algebra) , ether , fungus , chemistry , botany , organic chemistry , biology , engineering , catalysis , mechanical engineering
Upon injury of the fruiting bodies the fungus Aleurodiscus amorphus releases hydrocyanic acid from a tailor‐made cyanogenic cyanohydrin ether by an oxidative mechanism so far unknown in nature. This is described by P. Spiteller and B. L. J. Kindler in their Communication on p. 8076 ff. The inside cover shows the basic principle of the chemical defense reaction of the pinhead‐sized fruiting bodies and illustrates how predators are deterred by the release of HCN.