Gilled fungi with laterally-attached fruiting bodies

Basidiocarp

In fungi, a basidiocarp, basidiome or basidioma , is the sporocarp of a basidiomycete, the multicellular structure on which the spore-producing hymenium is borne. Basidiocarps are characteristic of the hymenomycetes; rusts and smuts do not produce such structures...

 are said to be pleurotoid (Gr

Ancient Greek

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.: pleurē + ōtos + -oid, literally "side-ear form" or "having the likeness of Pleurotus

Pleurotus

Pleurotus is a genus of gilled mushrooms which includes one of the most widely eaten mushrooms, P. ostreatus. Species of Pleurotus may be called oyster, abalone, or tree mushrooms, and are some of the most commonly cultivated edible mushrooms in the world...

ssp."). Pleurotoid fungi are typically wood-decay fungi

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...

 and are found on dead and dying trees and coarse woody debris

Coarse woody debris

Coarse woody debris is a term used in English-speaking countries for fallen dead trees and the remains of large branches on the ground in forests. Some prefer the term coarse woody habitat . A dead standing tree is known as a snag and provides many of the same functions as coarse woody debris...

. The pleurotoid form is polyphyletic

Polyphyly

A polyphyletic group is one whose members' last common ancestor is not a member of the group.For example, the group consisting of warm-blooded animals is polyphyletic, because it contains both mammals and birds, but the most recent common ancestor of mammals and birds was cold-blooded...

, having evolved a number of times within the Basidiomycota

Basidiomycota

Basidiomycota is one of two large phyla that, together with the Ascomycota, comprise the subkingdom Dikarya within the Kingdom Fungi...

. Many species of pleurotoid fungi are commonly referred to as "oyster" mushrooms. Laterally-attached fungi with pores

Hymenium

The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which produce spores. In some species all of the cells of the hymenium develop into basidia or asci, while in others some cells develop into sterile cells called cystidia or...

 rather than gills are referred to as bracket fungi

Bracket fungus

Bracket fungi, or shelf fungi, among many groups of the fungi in the phylum Basidiomycota. Characteristically, they produce shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting bodies called conks that lie in a close planar grouping of separate or interconnected horizontal rows...

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Agaricales

• Cheimonophyllum
  Cheimonophyllum
  Cheimonophyllum is a genus of fungi in the Cyphellaceae family. The widely distributed genus contains three species....
  
  
• Crepidotus
  Crepidotus
  Crepidotus is a genus of fungi in the family Crepidotaceae. Species of Crepidotus all have small, convex to fan-shaped sessile caps and grow on wood or plant debris...
  
  
• Hohenbuehelia
  Hohenbuehelia
  Hohenbuehelia is a genus of fungi in the Pleurotaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species.- Species :thumb|right|Hohenbuehelia mastrucata* H. abietina* H. aciculospora* H. amazonica...
  
  
• Hypsizygus
  Hypsizygus
  Hypsizygus is a small genus of fungi that are widely distributed in north temperate regions. The genus was circumscribed by Rolf Singer in 1947....
  
  
• Ossicaulis
  Ossicaulis
  Ossicaulis is a small genus of two species of fungi. The genus was circumscribed in 1985....
  
  
• Panellus
  Panellus
  Panellus is a genus of about 55 species of fungi in the Mycenaceae family.-Description:The fruit bodies of Panellus species are small- to medium-sized, and pleurotoid, meaning they grow on wood, have gills, and usually form semicircular or kidney-shaped caps that may be either directly attached to...
  
  
• Phyllotopsis
  Phyllotopsis
  Phyllotopsis is a genus of fungi in the Tricholomataceae family. The widespread genus contain five species that are predominantly in temperate regions....
  
  
• Pleurocybella
  Pleurocybella
  Pleurocybella is a genus of fungus in the Marasmiaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Pleurocybella porrigens, widespread in temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere. P. porrigens, known as the angel wing, is a white-rot wood-decay fungus on conifer wood,...
  
  — Angel wings
• Pleurotus
  Pleurotus
  Pleurotus is a genus of gilled mushrooms which includes one of the most widely eaten mushrooms, P. ostreatus. Species of Pleurotus may be called oyster, abalone, or tree mushrooms, and are some of the most commonly cultivated edible mushrooms in the world...
  
  — Oyster mushrooms
• Resupinatus
  Resupinatus
  Resupinatus is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. Species are saprobic, and often found growing on the underside of decaying wood. The generic name is derived from the Latin resupin .-Description:...
  
  — Oysterlings
• Schizophyllum
  Schizophyllum
  Schizophyllum is a genus of fungi in the family Schizophyllaceae. The widespread genus contains six wood-rotting species.-External links:*...
  
  
• Tectella
  Tectella
  Tectella is a genus of fungi in the family Mycenaceae. The genus is widely distributed in northern temperate regions, and contains three species....