''Panellus'' is a genus of more than 50 mushroom species of fungi in the family

Mycenaceae The Mycenaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the family contains 10 genera and 705 species. This is one of several families that were separated from the Tricholom ...

as defined molecularly. Prior to molecular analyses the generic name had been used for any white-spored '' pleurotoid'' with amyloid spores. Unrelated but similar species are now classified in '' Sarcomyxa'' and '' Scytinotus''. In older guides and other literature the type species had been placed in either ''

Pleurotus ''Pleurotus'' is a genus of gilled mushrooms which includes one of the most widely eaten mushrooms, '' P. ostreatus''. Species of ''Pleurotus'' may be called oyster, abalone, or tree mushrooms, and are some of the most commonly cultivated edib ...

'' or '' Panus'' and the poroid species had been classified in the synonymous genus ''Dictyopanus'' or in broadly defined genera like '' Polyporus'' (

Polyporaceae The Polyporaceae are a family of poroid fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. The flesh of their fruit bodies varies from soft (as in the case of the dryad's saddle illustrated) to very tough. Most members of this family have their hymeniu ...

) or the more closely allied ''

Favolaschia ''Favolaschia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Mycenaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains about 50 species. Like the genus Favolus, the name is derived from the Latin ''favus'' meaning ''honeycomb'', as the fungi with t ...

'' (

). The closest molecular allies are ''

Resinomycena ''Resinomycena'' is a genus of fungi in the mushroom family Mycenaceae. The genus contains at least eight species found in North America, Europe (including the United Kingdom and the Canary Islands) and eastern Asia (including Japan). This genus ...

'' and '' Cruentomycena''.

Description

The

fruit bodies The sporocarp (also known as fruiting body, fruit body or fruitbody) of fungi is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are borne. The fruitbody is part of the sexual phase of a fungal life cyc ...

of ''Panellus'' species are small- or medium-sized and in most cases '' pleurotoid'', meaning they grow on wood, have gills (some species have pores instead of gills), and usually form semicircular or kidney-shaped caps that may be either directly attached to the wood, or connected by short

stipes Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross or beam and left to hang until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthagin ...

. The stipe is usually connected to the side of the cap, or off-center. The gills on the underside of the cap usually radiate outward from the attachment point, or may be strongly interveined to form a reticulum. The spores are hyaline (white in deposit), thin-walled, smooth and amyloid. ''Panellus'' is one of several genera in the

that are bioluminescent.

Species

*''

Panellus albifavolus ''Panellus'' is a genus of more than 50 mushroom species of fungi in the family Mycenaceae as defined molecularly. Prior to molecular analyses the generic name had been used for any white-spored '' pleurotoid'' with amyloid spores. Unrelated b ...

'' *'' Panellus alutaceus'' *''

Panellus ambiguus ''Panellus'' is a genus of more than 50 mushroom species of fungi in the family Mycenaceae as defined molecularly. Prior to molecular analyses the generic name had been used for any white-spored '' pleurotoid'' with amyloid spores. Unrelated b ...

'' *'' Panellus aureofactus'' *'' Panellus bambusarum'' *'' Panellus bambusifavolus'' *'' Panellus belangeri'' *'' Panellus brunneifavolus'' *''

Panellus brunneomaculatus ''Panellus'' is a genus of more than 50 mushroom species of fungi in the family Mycenaceae as defined molecularly. Prior to molecular analyses the generic name had been used for any white-spored '' pleurotoid'' with amyloid spores. Unrelated b ...

'' *'' Panellus crawfordiae'' *'' Panellus cremeus'' *'' Panellus cystidiatus'' *'' Panellus dichotomus'' *'' Panellus diversipes'' *'' Panellus dumontii'' *'' Panellus exiguus'' *'' Panellus flabellatus'' *'' Panellus fulgens'' *'' Panellus fuscatus'' *'' Panellus globisporus'' *'' Panellus glutinosus'' *'' Panellus haematopus'' *'' Panellus hispidifavolus'' *'' Panellus intermedius'' *'' Panellus jalapensis'' *'' Panellus longinquus'' *'' Panellus luminescens'' *'' Panellus luteolus'' *'' Panellus luteus'' *'' Panellus luxfilamentus'' *'' Panellus magnus'' *'' Panellus megalosporus'' *'' Panellus melleo-ochraceus'' *'' Panellus microsporus'' *'' Panellus minimus'' *'' Panellus minusculus'' *'' Panellus mitis'' *'' Panellus niger'' *'' Panellus nubigenus'' *'' Panellus olivaceus'' *'' Panellus orientalis'' *'' Panellus parvulus'' *'' Panellus pauciporus'' *'' Panellus pendens'' *'' Panellus pteridophytorum'' *'' Panellus pubescens'' *'' Panellus pusillus'' *'' Panellus pyrulifer'' *'' Panellus reticulatovenosus'' *'' Panellus ringens'' *'' Panellus rupicola'' *'' Panellus serotinus'' *'' Panellus stenocystis'' *''

Panellus stipticus ''Panellus stipticus'', commonly known as the bitter oyster, the astringent panus, the luminescent panellus, or the stiptic fungus, is a species of fungus in the family Mycenaceae, and the type species of the genus '' Panellus''. A common and w ...

'' *'' Panellus subcantharelloides'' *'' Panellus sublamelliformis'' *'' Panellus sublevatus'' *'' Panellus violaceofulvus''

References

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q244201 Mycenaceae Agaricales genera