Biology:Stereaceae

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Short description: Family of fungi

Stereaceae
Stereum hirsutum
Stereum hirsutum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Stereaceae
Pilát
Type genus
Stereum
Hill ex Pers.
Synonyms[1]
  • Aleurodiscaceae Jülich 1981
  • Acanthophysiaceae Boidin, Mugnier, & Canales 1998

The Stereaceae are a family of corticioid fungi in the Russulales order. Species in the family have a widespread distribution, are lignicolous or terrestrial (in leaf litter), and typically saprobic.[2] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi, the family contains 22 genera and 125 species.[3]

Genera list

There is also phylogenetic evidence that the species known as BY1 is in Stereaceae, but has yet to be described completely.[4]

References

  1. "Stereaceae Pilát 1930". International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=81424. 
  2. Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. 2007. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5. 
  3. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 664. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
  4. Schwenk, Daniel; Nett, Markus; Dahse, Hans-Martin; Horn, Uwe; Blanchette, Robert A.; Hoffmeister, Dirk (24 November 2014). "Injury-Induced Biosynthesis of Methyl-Branched Polyene Pigments in a White-Rotting Basidiomycete" (in en). Journal of Natural Products 77 (12): 2658–2663. doi:10.1021/np500552a. ISSN 0163-3864. OCLC 5720290006. PMID 25420175. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2234239 entry