How to Classify Basidiomycetes?
Traditionally, the Basidiomycota Were Divided into Two Classes, Now Obsolete: Homobasidiomycetes (Alternatively Called Holobasidiomycetes), Including True...
Traditionally, the Basidiomycota were divided into two classes, now obsolete:
- Homobasidiomycetes (alternatively called holobasidiomycetes), including true mushrooms.
- Heterobasidiomycetes, including the jelly, rust and smut fungi.
What are characteristics of basidiomycota?
Basidiomycetes characteristics
- These are filamentous fungi made up of hyphae only except for basidiomycota-yeast.
- They are reproduced sexually with the formation of club-shaped end cells known as basidia which usually carry external meiospores (usually four).
- These specific spores are termed as basidiospores.
What are five types of Basidiomycetes?
Basidiomycetes include mushrooms, puffballs, rusts, smuts and jelly fungi.