Basidiomycota
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Basidiomycota is a major phylum of fungi that includes mushrooms, puffballs, bracket fungi, rusts, and smuts, characterized by producing sexual spores on specialized cells called basidia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basidiomycota canonical | 4 |
| Agaricomycotina | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fungal phylum
ⓘ
phylum ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | chitin ⓘ |
| characterizedBy | production of sexual spores on basidia ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeatureFromAscomycota | sexual spores produced externally on basidia rather than in asci ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| economicImportance |
biotechnological applications
ⓘ
decomposition of organic matter ⓘ edible mushrooms as food ⓘ nutrient cycling in ecosystems ⓘ plant diseases in crops and forests ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristicStructure | basidium ⓘ |
| hasReproductiveCellType | basidiospore ⓘ |
| includes |
agarics
ⓘ
bird's nest fungi ⓘ boletes ⓘ bracket fungi ⓘ chanterelles ⓘ earthstars ⓘ jelly fungi ⓘ many edible mushroom species ⓘ many poisonous mushroom species ⓘ mushrooms ⓘ polypores ⓘ puffballs ⓘ rust fungi ⓘ rust order Pucciniales ⓘ smut fungi ⓘ smut order Ustilaginales ⓘ stinkhorns ⓘ |
| includesEcologicalRole |
litter decomposer
ⓘ
mutualist ⓘ mycorrhizal symbiont ⓘ parasite ⓘ plant pathogen ⓘ saprotroph ⓘ wood decomposer ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| lifeCycleFeature |
dikaryotic mycelium stage
ⓘ
karyogamy occurring in basidia ⓘ meiosis occurring in basidia ⓘ |
| nutritionType | heterotrophic ⓘ |
| reproductionType |
asexual reproduction via conidia or budding
ⓘ
sexual reproduction on basidia ⓘ |
| subdivision |
Basidiomycota
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Agaricomycotina
Pucciniomycotina ⓘ Pucciniomycotina ⓘ
surface form:
Ustilaginomycotina
|
| superkingdom | Opisthokonta ⓘ |
| taxonRank | phylum ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
decaying wood
ⓘ
forest soils ⓘ plant tissues ⓘ terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Agaricomycotina