Stereaceae

Stereaceae
Stereum hirsutum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Stereaceae Pilát
Type genus
Stereum Hill ex Pers.
Synonyms [1]
Aleurodiscaceae Jülich 1981 Acanthophysiaceae Boidin, Mugnier, & Canales 1998

The Stereaceae are a family of corticioid fungi in the Russulales order. Species in the family have a widespread distribution, are lignicolous or terrestrial (in leaf litter), and typically saprobic. ^[2] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi, the family contains 22 genera and 125 species. ^[3]

Genera list

• Acanthobasidium
• Acanthofungus
• Acanthophysellum
• Acanthophysium
• Aleurocystis
• Aleurodiscus
• Amylofungus
• Amylohyphus
• Amylosporomyces
• Amylostereum
• Boidinia
• Chaetoderma
• Conferticium
• Gloeocystidiopsis
• Gloeodontia
• Gloeomyces
• Megalocystidium
• Pseudoxenasma
• Scotoderma
• Scytinostromella
• Stereum
• Xylobolus

There is also phylogenetic evidence that the species known as BY1 is in Stereaceae, but has yet to be described completely. ^[4]

References

1. "Stereaceae Pilát 1930". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
2. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. ISBN   978-0-85199-827-5.
3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 664. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
4. Schwenk, Daniel; Nett, Markus; Dahse, Hans-Martin; Horn, Uwe; Blanchette, Robert A.; Hoffmeister, Dirk (24 November 2014). "Injury-Induced Biosynthesis of Methyl-Branched Polyene Pigments in a White-Rotting Basidiomycete". Journal of Natural Products. 77 (12): 2658–2663. Bibcode:2014JNAtP..77.2658S. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.722.8859 . doi:10.1021/np500552a. ISSN   0163-3864. OCLC   5720290006. PMID   25420175.

External links

• Stereaceae at Hidden Forest