The
Hymenochaetales is an order of basidiomycete fungi. This group contains a number of corticioid fungi, polypores, such as
Inotus and
Phellinus, as well as several
agaricAn agaric is a type of fungal fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus that is clearly differentiated from the stipe , with lamellae on the underside of the pileus. "Agaric" can also refer to a basidiomycete species characterized by an agaric-type fruiting body...
species, such as
RickenellaA genus of brightly colored bryophilous agarics in the Hymenochaetales that have an omphalinoid morphology . They inhabit mosses on mossy soils, peats, tree trunks and logs in temperate regions of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres...
and
LoreleiaLoreleia is a genus of brightly colored agarics in the Hymenochaetales that have an omphalinoid morphology. They inhabit mosses and or liverworts on soil in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
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The
Hymenochaetales is an order of basidiomycete fungi. This group contains a number of corticioid fungi, polypores, such as
Inotus and
Phellinus, as well as several
agaricAn agaric is a type of fungal fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus that is clearly differentiated from the stipe , with lamellae on the underside of the pileus. "Agaric" can also refer to a basidiomycete species characterized by an agaric-type fruiting body...
species, such as
RickenellaA genus of brightly colored bryophilous agarics in the Hymenochaetales that have an omphalinoid morphology . They inhabit mosses on mossy soils, peats, tree trunks and logs in temperate regions of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres...
and
LoreleiaLoreleia is a genus of brightly colored agarics in the Hymenochaetales that have an omphalinoid morphology. They inhabit mosses and or liverworts on soil in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
.
The Hymenochaetales were discovered through
molecular phylogenyMolecular phylogenetics, also known as molecular systematics, is the use of the structure of molecules to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. The result of a molecular phylogenetic analysis is expressed in a phylogenetic tree....
, and have few uniting
morphologicalMorphology is the identification, analysis and description of the structure of words . While words are generally accepted as being the smallest units of syntax, it is clear that in most languages, words can be related to other words by rules...
characters. All members of this group have hyphae in which the septa are of the dolipore type and have imperforate parenthesomes.
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