Pleurotoid fungi

Gilled fungi with laterally-attached fruiting bodies are said to be pleurotoid (Gr.: pleurē + ōtos + -oid, literally "side-ear form" or "having the likeness of Pleurotus ssp."). Pleurotoid fungi are typically wood-decay fungi and are found on dead and dying trees and coarse woody debris. The pleurotoid form is polyphyletic, having evolved a number of times within the Basidiomycota.[1] Many species of pleurotoid fungi are commonly referred to as "oyster" mushrooms.[2] Laterally-attached fungi with pores rather than gills are referred to as bracket fungi.

Genera

Tectella operculata

Agaricales

Polyporales

Russulales

References

  1. Thorn, R.G. et al. (2000). "Phylogenetic analyses and the distribution of nematophagy support monophyletic Pleurotaceae within the polyphyletic pleurotoid-lentinoid fungi". Mycologia (Mycologia, Vol. 92, No. 2) 92 (2): 241–252. doi:10.2307/3761557. JSTOR 3761557.
  2. Kuo, M. (February 2005). "Oysters: Pleurotoid mushrooms". MushroomExpert.com. Retrieved 2011-04-08.

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