Pleurotaceae
Appearance
Pleurotaceae | |
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Pleurotus ostreatus Albin Schmalfuß, 1897 | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Pleurotaceae Kühner(1980) |
Type genus | |
Pleurotus | |
Genera | |
ThePleurotaceaeare afamilyof small to medium-sizedmushroomswhich have whitespores.The family contains 13generaover 412 species.[1]Members of Pleurotaceae can be mistaken for members ofMarasmiaceae.Perhaps the best known member is the oyster mushroom,Pleurotus ostreatus.
Many species in the generaPleurotusandHohenbueheliaarenematophagous,that is, they derive nutrition by consumingnematodes.This is made possible byhyphaethat may have adhesive knobs that attach to passing nematodes and secrete nematotoxic compounds.[2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Pleurotaceae | COL".catalogueoflife.org.Retrieved2023-11-23.
- ^Thorn RG, Moncalvo JM, Reddy CA, Vilgalys R (2000). "Phylogenetic analyses and the distribution of nematophagy support a monophyletic Pleurotaceae within the polyphyletic pleurotoid-lentinoid fungi".Mycologia.92(2): 241–52.doi:10.1080/00275514.2000.12061151.JSTOR3761557.S2CID84665162.
- ^Koziak AT, Cheng KC, Thorn RG (2007). "Phylogenetic analyses ofNematoctonusandHohenbuehelia(Pleurotaceae) ".Canadian Journal of Botany.85(8): 762–73.doi:10.1139/b07-083.
External links
[edit]- "PleurotaceaeKühner ".Atlas of Living Australia.