Open Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Fungi: Basidiomycota
This category in other languages: - Paul Stamets provides a number of images of spores and basidia. - Information from the Tree of Life Web Project on this clade of the Basidiomycota including characteristics and a discussion of their phylogenetic relationships. - Diagram illustrating the process by which a fungal spore can develop into an organism producing a spore-producing fruiting body. - A clearing house for research information about the basidiomycete fungi. Includes a list of laboratories focused on the basidiomycota, lists of basidiomycete species, conferences and other events, and an index of available genomic information. - Highlights research on the basidiomycetes of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica. Includes information on the range of habitats in this area and an illustrated species list. - Details from Wikipedia on the classification and typical life-cycle of members of this phylum. - Information on members of this phylum from MicrobeWiki, the student-edited microbiology resource, including their description and significance, cell structure and metabolism, and ecology. - Extensive information from the Tree of Life Web Project on this phylum including characteristics of the group and a discussion of their phylogenetic relationships. - Article on the largely unseen fungi which are an important part of ancient pastures. [PDF] - Information about the systematics, ecology, and evolution of basidiomycetous fungi having a yeast stage. - A useful list of the technical terms used in the study of fungi. - Information and photographs of jelly fungi from the three orders Tremellales, Auriculariales and Dacrymycetales. - These fungi are so named because their fruiting body appears to be the consistency of jelly. They are found in the orders Tremellales, Auriculariales, and Dacrymycetales. - Key to the species found in the Great Lakes area of North America. Includes a glossary of terms. - Information on a number of species of fungi that may be found growing on the lawn. - Article by Paul Stamets on the Asian martial artists who believe in the potency of various mushrooms to aid them on the path to perfection. - General description (with photos) of this order of mushrooms, including the Amanita, Agaricus, Russula, Tricholoma, Gomphidius, Coprinus, Waxy Cap (Hygrophoracea), and Bolete families. - Many photographs of the rusts and smuts of the Uredinales and Ustilaginales, and a few of the jelly-like Tremellales. - Environmental studies and observations of bioluminescent organisms and bioluminescent fungi at the Springbrook Research Centre, Queensland, Australia. - Illustrated account of the Basidiomycetes.
