A new purple azulene pigment (1) was isolated from the fruiting bodies of the basidiomycete Lactarius deliciosus together with one known pigment (2). The structures of the pigments were established on the basis of spectral evidence (MS, IR, 1D- and 2D-NMR experiments).
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Yang et al. (2006) studied this question.