Gloeophyllales
Encyclopedia
Gloeophyllales is a phylogenetically defined order
of wood-decay
fungi that is characterized by the ability to produce a brown rot
of wood. It includes a single, identically defined family
, the Gloeophyllaceae
, in which are included the genera Gloeophyllum
, Neolentinus, Heliocybe
, and Veluticeps
.
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
of wood-decay
Wood-decay fungus
A wood-decay fungus is a variety of fungus that digests moist wood, causing it to rot. Some wood-decay fungi attack dead wood, such as brown rot, and some, such as Armillaria , are parasitic and colonize living trees. Fungi that not only grow on wood but actually cause it to decay, are called...
fungi that is characterized by the ability to produce a brown rot
Dry rot
Dry rot refers to a type of wood decay caused by certain types of fungi, also known as True Dry Rot, that digests parts of the wood which give the wood strength and stiffness...
of wood. It includes a single, identically defined family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
, the Gloeophyllaceae
Gloeophyllaceae
Gloeophyllaceae are now a phylogenetically defined family of wood-decay fungi that is characterized by the ability to produce a brown rot of wood. It is classified in an identically defined order, the Gloeophyllales....
, in which are included the genera Gloeophyllum
Gloeophyllum
The genus Gloeophyllum is characterized by the production of leathery to corky tough, brown, shaggy-topped, revivable fruitbodies lacking a stipe and with a lamellate to daedaleoid or poroid fertile hymenial surfaces. The hyphal system is dimitic to trimitic. The genus is further characterized by...
, Neolentinus, Heliocybe
Heliocybe
Heliocybe is an agaric genus closely allied to Neolentinus and the bracket fungus, Gloeophyllum, all of which cause brown rot of wood. Heliocybe sulcata, the type and sole species, is characterized by thumb-sized, tough, revivable, often dried, mushroom fruitbodies, with a tanned symmetric pileus...
, and Veluticeps
Veluticeps
Veluticeps is a small genus of wood-rot fungi characterized by the production of resupinate to bracket shaped, perennial, tough, brown fruitbodies, that blacken when KOH solution is applied, and with a smooth to warted or cracked fertile undersurface. They cause a brown rot of wood. Cystidia in the...
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