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Bjerkandera Resupinata
''Bjerkandera'' is a genus of wood-decay fungus, wood-rotting fungi in the family Meruliaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Adolf Karsten in 1879. The type species, ''Bjerkandera adusta, B. adusta'', was originally species description, described as ''Boletus adustus'' by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1787. The generic name honours Swedish naturalist Clas Bjerkander. Karsten included seven species in addition to the type: ''Gelatoporia dichroa, B. dichroa'', ''Skeletocutis amorpha, B. amorpha'', ''Bjerkandera fumosa, B. fumosa'', ''Skeletocutis amorpha, B. kymatodes'', ''B. diffusa'', and ''B. isabellina''. Most of those species have been since moved to different genera or synonym (biology), synonymized. In a 1913 survey of polypore genera, Adeline Ames included ''B. adusta'', ''B. fumosa'', and ''Abortiporus puberula, B. puberula''; the latter fungus is now placed in ''Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from the other eukaryotic kingdoms, which by one traditional classification include Plantae, Animalia, 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 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 organisms, named the ''Eumycota'' (''t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
