Cantharellales

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Cantharellales
The chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Cantharellales
Gäum.
(1926)
Families
Synonyms
  • Botryobasidiales Jülich (1981)
  • Ceratobasidiales Jülich (1981)
  • Tulasnellales Rea (1922)

The Cantharellales are an

Thanatephorus/Rhizoctonia
.

Taxonomy

The order was originally proposed in 1926 by German

basidia (basidia with nuclear spindles arranged longitudinally). On this basis, he included three families within the Cantharellales: the Cantharellaceae (including the Hydnaceae), the Clavulinaceae, and the Exobasidiaceae.[1] The last group are now placed within the Exobasidiales.[2]

By 1995, the order had been amended (based on micromorphological research) to include not only the

Current status

genera, and 544 species.[5]

Habitat and distribution

Most fungi within the order are

saprotrophs of fallen wood and leaf litter.[7] Species in the Ceratobasidiaceae are also saprotrophs, but some are capable of becoming facultative plant pathogens. Species in the Tulasnellaceae are saprotrophic, but are also associated with orchid mycorrhiza, as are some species in the Ceratobasidiaceae.[8] Distribution is cosmopolitan
.

Economic importance

Sporocarps (fruit bodies) of chanterelles and some

turf grass.[8][10]

Genera incertae sedis

Some genera of the Cantharellales have not been assigned to any family, i.e., they are incertae sedis with respect to familial placement:

References

  1. ^ Gäumann, E. (1926). Vergleichende Morphologie der Pilze. Jena: Gustav Fischer.
  2. ^ a b "Index Fungorum - Search Page".
  3. .
  4. PMID 17486970. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-12-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link
    )
  5. .
  6. ^ .
  7. .
  8. ^ .
  9. .
  10. .