Gloeophyllaceae

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Gloeophyllaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Subkingdom: Dikarya
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Subphylum: Agaricomycotina
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Gloeophyllales
Family: Gloeophyllaceae
Genera

Gloeophyllum
Heliocybe
Neolentinus
Veluticeps

Gloeophyllaceae is now a phylogenetically defined family of wood-decay fungi that is characterized by the ability to produce a brown rot of wood.[1][2][3][4] It is classified in an identically defined order, the Gloeophyllales.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hibbett, D.S. & Donoghue, M.J. (2001). "Analysis of character correlations among wood decay mechanisms, mating systems, and substrate ranges in Homobasidiomycetes". Syst. Biol. 50: 215–242. doi:10.1080/10635150151125879. 
  2. ^ Hibbett, D.S. et al. (2007). "A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi". Mycol. Res. 111: 509–547. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.004. 
  3. ^ Hibbett, D.S. & Binder, M. (2002). "Evolution of complex fruiting-body morphologies in homobasidiomycetes". Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 269: 1963–1969. doi:10.1098/rspb.2002.2123. 
  4. ^ Binder, M. et al. (2005). "The phylogenetic distribution of resupinate forms across the major clades of mushroom-forming fungi (Homobasidiomycetes)". Syst. Biodivers. 3: 113–157. doi:10.1017/S1477200005001623.