In this article we will discuss about the classification of tremellales. Family Dacrymycetaceae of Tremellales: All members of this family are saprobes being almost confined to dead wood, with or without bark. The basidiocarps are mostly gelatinous or waxy, drying down to a thin sheet or horny mass. They vary from thin, broadly effused sheets to cushion-like, cupulate or pileate [...]
In this article we will discuss about the classification of agaricales. Family Agaricaceae of Agaricales: The family Agaricaceae includes fungi, commonly known as agarics or gill-fungi, mushrooms or toadstools, produce conspicuous basidiocarps. Mushroom is a general term applied to the fleshy agarics. A mushroom may be edible, poisonous, unpalatable, or otherwise. But popular usage applies the term 'mushroom' to edible [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Meaning of Basidiomycetes 2. Salient Features of Basidiomycetes 3. Significance. Meaning of Basidiomycetes: Basidiomycetes are fairly a large group of fungi represented by about 1100 genera consisting of 16,000 species and classified under the sub-division Basidiomycotina. Many of the Basidiomycetes are the familiar larger fleshy fungi such as mushrooms, toadstools, puffballs, geasters, [...]