Pleurotoid fungi

Pleurotus ostreatus

Gilled fungi with laterally-attached fruiting bodies are said to be pleurotoid (Gr.: pleurē + ōtos + -oid, literally "side-ear form" or "having the likeness of Pleurotus ssp."). Pleurotoid fungi are typically wood-decay fungi and are found on dead and dying trees and coarse woody debris. The pleurotoid form is polyphyletic, having evolved a number of times within the Basidiomycota.^[1] Many species of pleurotoid fungi are commonly referred to as "oyster" mushrooms.^[2] Laterally-attached fungi with pores rather than gills are referred to as bracket fungi.

Genera

Tectella operculata

Agaricales

• Cheimonophyllum
• Crepidotus
• Hohenbuehelia
• Hypsizygus
• Ossicaulis
• Panellus
• Phyllotopsis
• Pleurocybella — Angel wings
• Pleurotus — Oyster mushrooms
• Resupinatus — Oysterlings
• Schizophyllum
• Tectella

Polyporales

• Lentinus
• Panus

Russulales

• Lactifluus - some species
• Lentinellus
• Russula - some species

References

1. Thorn, R.G.; et al. (2000). "Phylogenetic analyses and the distribution of nematophagy support monophyletic Pleurotaceae within the polyphyletic pleurotoid-lentinoid fungi". Mycologia (Mycologia, Vol. 92, No. 2) 92 (2): 241–252. doi:10.2307/3761557. JSTOR 3761557.
2. Kuo, M. (February 2005). "Oysters: Pleurotoid mushrooms". MushroomExpert.com. Retrieved 2011-04-08.

External links

• Brown, Dorothy E.; Gibson, Ian (2003). "Trial field key to the PLEUROTOID SPECIES in the Pacific Northwest". Pacific Northwest Key Council. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
• Lincoff, Gary (2006). "Field Key: 6 Pleurotoid: oyster mushroom group". Northeast Mycological Federation Inc. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
• Bojantchev, Dimitar. "Pleurotoid Fungi". MushroomHobby.com. Retrieved 2011-04-08.