Basidiomycota

Of division and Eumycota.   May also be referred to as Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycota and subdivision Basidiomycotina.

Comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi.

This concept's ID is @1~65044

Class

  • Gasteromycetes 8 facts

    Fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs;...

  • Basidiomycetes 6 facts

    Large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota.

  • Hymenomycetes 0 facts

    Used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms;...

  • Tiliomycetes 0 facts

    Category used in some systems to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and...

Fungus Order

  • Agaricales 16 facts

    Typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota.

  • Ustilaginales 3 facts

    Parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes.

  • Aphyllophorales 2 facts

    Includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed...

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