Sparassidaceae

The Sparassidaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscribed by German botanist Wilhelm Herter in 1910 to contain the genus Sparassis.[1] Sparassiella was added to the family in 1964.[2] As of April 2018, Index Fungorum accepts 10 species in the Sparassidaceae.[3]

Sparassidaceae
Sparassis crispa, edible member of the Sparassidaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Sparassidaceae

Herter (1910)
Type genus
Sparassis
Fr. (1819)
Genera

Sparassiella
Sparassis

Description

The fruit bodies of Sparassidaceae fungi consist of branched, fan-shaped segments that originate from a central core. The hyphal system is monomitic, with gloeoplerous hyphae (containing oil droplets). These hyphae have scattered clamp connections. The spores are smooth, thin- to somewhat thick-walled, and hyaline (translucent). Cystidia are mostly absent from the hymenium. Sparassidaceae fungi cause brown rot.[4]

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References
  1. Herter, W.G.F. (1910). Autobasidiomycetes. Kryptogamen-Flora der Mark Brandenburg (in German). 6. p. 167.
  2. Schwarzman, S.R. (1964). Flora Sporowich Rastenii Kazachstana, Tom. IV: Auriculariales, Tremellales, Dacryomycetales, Exobasidiales, Aphyllophorales. p. 159.
  3. Kirk, P.M. (ed.). "Species Fungorum (version 28th March 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  4. Justo, Alfredo; Miettinen, Otto; Floudas, Dimitrios; Ortiz-Santana, Beatriz; Sjökvist, Elisabet; Lindner, Daniel; Nakasone, Karen; Niemelä, Tuomo; Larsson, Karl-Henrik; Ryvarden, Leif; Hibbett, David S. (2017). "A revised family-level classification of the Polyporales (Basidiomycota)". Fungal Biology. 121 (9): 798–824. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2017.05.010. PMID 28800851.


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