Minnesota Seasons - Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)

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Overview

Agaricomycetes is the class of club fungi that contains most forms of well-known fungi, including mushroom-forming fungi, shelf (bracket) fungi, and puffballs. It also includes a few jelly fungi.

There are about 20,000 Agaricomycetes species in 1,147 genera in 100 families in 17 orders and 2 subclasses worldwide.

Agaricomycetes are essential for many ecosystems. They play a crucial role in decomposing dead wood and other organic matter, recycling nutrients and maintaining soil health. They also form symbiotic relationships with plants, helping them to absorb nutrients and water.

Mushroom, Bracket Fungus, Puffball, or Ally (Class Agaricomycetes)

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Description

The most defining characteristic of Agaricomycetes is the presence of specialized structures that produce spores. These structures, called basidia, are typically club shaped. They are found on the gills, pores, or smooth surface of the fruiting body.

The thread-like cells (hyphae) of Agaricomycetes are typically dikaryotic, meaning they contain two distinct nuclei. This dikaryotic state is maintained for a long period of time and is essential for the production of basidia and spores.


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9/23/2024


Taxonomy
Kingdom	Fungi (fungi)
Subkingdom	Dikarya
Phylum	Basidiomycota (club fungi)
Subphylum	Agaricomycotina (jelly fungi, yeasts, and mushrooms)

Subordinate Taxa
Subclass Agaricomycetidae Order Agaricales (Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies) Order Amylocorticiales Order Atheliales Order Boletales Order Jaapiales Order Lepidostromatales Subclass Phallomycetidae Order Geastrales Order Gomphales Order Hysterangiales Order Phallales incertae sedis (no subclass) Order Auriculariales Order Cantharellales Order Corticiales Order Gloeophyllales Order Hymenochaetales Order Polyporales Order Russulales Order Sebacinales Order Stereopsidales Order Thelephorales Order Trechisporales Order Tremellodendropsidales

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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies

Glossary

Basidium

A microscopic, club-shaped structure on the underside of the cap of club fungi that produces spores. Plural: basidia.

Hypha

A thread-like cell of a fungus that is the main mode of vegetative growth: the basic structural unit of a multicellular fungus. Plural: hyphae. Collectively, the hyphae of a fungus is the mycelium.


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