Pleurotaceae
| Pleurotaceae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Pleurotus ostreatus Albin Schmalfuß, 1897 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Pleurotaceae Kühner (1980) |
| Type genus | |
| Pleurotus (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871) | |
| Genera | |
|
Agaricochaete | |
The Pleurotaceae are a family of small to medium-sized mushrooms which have white spores. The family contains six genera and 94 species.[1] Members of Pleurotaceae can be mistaken for members of Omphalotaceae. Perhaps the best known member is the oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus.
Many species in the genera Pleurotus and Hohenbuehelia are nematophagous, that is, they derive nutrition by consuming nematodes. This is made possible by hyphae that may have adhesive knobs that attach to passing nematodes and secrete nematotoxic compounds.[2][3]
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References
- ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 549. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ↑ Thorn RG, Moncalvo JM, Reddy CA, Vilgalys R. (2000). "Phylogenetic analyses and the distribution of nematophagy support a monophyletic Pleurotaceae within the polyphyletic pleurotoid-lentinoid fungi". Mycologia. 92(2): 241–52.
- ↑ Koziak ATE, Cheng KC, Thorn RG. (2007). "Phylogenetic analyses of Nematoctonus and Hohenbuehelia (Pleurotaceae)" . Canadian Journal of Botany. 85(8): 762–73.