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Endoptychum Depressum
''Endoptychum'' is a genus of secotioid fungi in the family Agaricaceae. Like the majority of secotioid taxa, the individual species of ''Endoptychum'' are thought to be recent mutations from agaricoid species, hence, ''Endoptychum'' is likely not a valid monophyletic genus. So far, molecular phylogeny and morphology (biology), morphological study has revealed that ''Endoptychum depressum, E. depressum'' is a species of ''Agaricus'' and ''Endoptychum agaricoides, E. agaricoides'', the type species, is a species of ''Chlorophyllum''. ''E. depressum'' has been renamed ''Agaricus inapertus'' Vellinga.columellata within Agaricus, A., Phylogenetic placement of the secotioid fungus. Recognition of the name ''Chlorophyllum agaricoides'' (Czern.) Vellinga would entail deprecation of the entire genus name ''Endoptychum'' in favor of ''Chlorophyllum'' and awaits a formal decision of the International Botanical Congress. See also *List of Agaricaceae genera *List of Agarica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one of the kingdom (biology)#Six kingdoms (1998), traditional eukaryotic kingdoms, along with Animalia, Plantae, and either Protista or Protozoa and Chromista. A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophs; they acquire their food by absorbing dissolved molecules, typically by secreting digestive enzymes into their environment. Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of motility, mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water. Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. These and other differences place fungi in a single group of related o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
