Gloiodon
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| Gloiodon | |
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| Gloiodon strigosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Bondarzewiaceae |
| Genus: | Gloiodon P. Karst. |
| Type species | |
| Gloiodon strigosus (Sw.) P. Karst. | |
| Species | |
Gloiodon is a genus of mushrooms in the family Bondarzewiaceae. It was first described by Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1879.[1]
All species in Gloiodon are wood-inhabiting fungi growing on trunks of dead trees causing white rot[2].
Basidiocarps are pileate or resupinate with a hymenium of conical spines and usually a hairy upper side. Basidiospores are hyaline, rounded, with fine ornamentation and a strong amyloid reaction. Gloeocystidia are present[2].