Biology:Sparassidaceae
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| Sparassis crispa, edible member of the Sparassidaceae | |
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| Family: | Sparassidaceae Herter (1910)
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| Sparassis Fr. (1819)
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The Sparassidaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscribed by German botanist Wilhelm Herter in 1910 to contain the genus Sparassis.[1] Sparassiella was added to the family in 1964.[2] (As of April 2018), Index Fungorum accepts 10 species in the Sparassidaceae.[3]
Description
The fruit bodies of Sparassidaceae fungi consist of branched, fan-shaped segments that originate from a central core. The hyphal system is monomitic, with gloeoplerous hyphae (containing oil droplets). These hyphae have scattered clamp connections. The spores are smooth, thin- to somewhat thick-walled, and hyaline (translucent). Cystidia are mostly absent from the hymenium. Sparassidaceae fungi cause brown rot.[4]
References
- ↑ Herter, W.G.F. (1910) (in German). Autobasidiomycetes. Kryptogamen-Flora der Mark Brandenburg. 6. p. 167.
- ↑ Schwarzman, S.R. (1964). Flora Sporowich Rastenii Kazachstana, Tom. IV: Auriculariales, Tremellales, Dacryomycetales, Exobasidiales, Aphyllophorales. p. 159.
- ↑ Kirk, P.M., ed. "Species Fungorum (version 28th March 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/95d7818388f95fbde888065e26a1db35. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ↑ Justo, Alfredo; Miettinen, Otto; Floudas, Dimitrios; Ortiz-Santana, Beatriz; Sjökvist, Elisabet; Lindner, Daniel; Nakasone, Karen; Niemelä, Tuomo et al. (2017). "A revised family-level classification of the Polyporales (Basidiomycota)". Fungal Biology 121 (9): 798–824. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2017.05.010. PMID 28800851.
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