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Basidiomycota
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A phylum of fungi that produce their sexual spores (basidiospores) on the outside of the basidium. It includes forms commonly known as mushrooms, boletes, puffballs, earthstars, stinkhorns, bird's-nest fungi, jelly fungi, bracket or shelf fungi, and rust and smut fungi. |
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GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics |
Basidiomycota Categories.
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Agaricales - An extensive order of basidiomycetous fungi whose fruiting bodies are commonly call mushrooms. |
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Aphyllophorales - An order of fungi in the phylum BASIDIOMYCOTA having macroscopic basidiocarps. The members are characterized by their saprophytic activities as decomposers, particularly in the degradation of CELLULOSE and LIGNIN. A large number of species in the order have been used medicinally. (From Alexopoulos, Introductory Mycology, 4th ed, pp504-68) |
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Phanerochaete - A genus of fungi in the family Corticiaceae, order Stereales, that degrades lignin. The white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium is a frequently used species in research. |
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Ustilaginales - An order of basidiomycetous fungi; some species are parasitic on grasses (POACEAE) and maize. |
Basidiomycota Definitions and Terms
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