Molecular Analysis of ITS Region and Antibacterial Activities of Stereum hirsutum

has long been old background for folk remedies even without any information of which bio–compounds are in charge. The ethnobotanical uses of this fungus to heal both human and plant diseases have been accumulated but scientific evidences are not yet well recognized. Newly, some novel and potential compounds such as a sesquiterpene, three aromatic compounds and a known compound methyl 2, 4–dihydroxy–6–methylbenzoate were isolated from a culture broth of the fungus