17 Basidiomycota Examples: Detailed Facts

Basidiomycota are a kind of fungal group. It is a large phylum which is diverse of fungi group. Basidiomycota examples are jelly, mushrooms etc. These are the key components of nature as decomposers.

As they produce basidiospores, they are different from the other group of fungi. It is also known as club fungi as the basidiospores are club shaped. Basidium is the spore producing thing. Basidiomycota examples are like Agaricus (known as mushroom), Ustilago (known as smut) and Puccinia (known as rust fungus).

Shiitake Mushroom

It is a well-known mushroom which is edible and now it is famous in the whole world. It is one of the spread-out Basidiomycota examples which is usually found in East Asia but now it is cultivated in the entire world. It is also used in remedies.

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Shiitake Mushroom from Wikipedia

Enokitake

It is originated from Japan and hugely used in Japanese cuisine. Enoki means shin which is velvet in type. It belongs to the family Physalacriaceae. Because of it in 2020 many people died and got unwell as it was not cooked well. These Basidiomycota examples need to cook properly to demolish the pathogens.

Chaga Mushroom

Its common name is chaga but its actual name is Inonotus obliquus. It belongs to the family Hymenochaetaceae. It is deleterious for some trees like birch. The neb of the tree is sterile. It is not regularly formed and also looks like burning charcoal.

It helps in oxidation and it also helps the low blood pressure patients. Basidiomycota examples uplift the immune power by the antioxidants. But because of the high level of oxalates, kidney stones can occur.

Hen of the wood

It is usually found at the root side of some specific trees like maple or oaks. These Basidiomycota examples grow typically in late summer till the starting of autumn. In China, Europe and North America it is mainly found. But now anywhere it can be grown. Its actual name is Grifola frondosa and it is a kind of mushroom.

Matsutake

It is originated from Japan and hugely used in Japanese cuisine. It is a kind of edible mushroom. But now it is most wanted mushroom among the whole world. So many countries grow this like East Asia, Europe and North America. These Basidiomycota examples have an aromatic odor which is spicy.

Oyster Mushroom

It is also a common mushroom and its other names are hiratake, oyster fungus or Pleurotus ostreatus. This is edible and there is one type named king oyster mushroom. These Basidiomycota examples cultivated in the whole world for the business. It was first invented in Germany during the time of World War I.

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Oyster Mushroom from Wikipedia

Agaricus Bisporus

These Basidiomycota examples have 2 colors like brown and white and it is also an edible mushroom. These 2 have 2 different names in 2 different states of adult. It is usually found in the grasslands of 2 places of Europe and North America.

Its taste is fine and it is 6 inches long from the ground. The gills of the caps are finely placed and seen openly. Its flavor is full with meat like rich texture. Its soil should be mixed with straws.

Lion’s Mane

These Basidiomycota examples are edible and usually found in North America, Europe and Asia. But now economically it is found in the whole world. It belongs to the tooth fungus group and its actual name is Hericium erinaceus.

Its structure is spine like as its common name. in one spine a single lump is found at the base of the hardwoods. These Basidiomycota examples are used usually in culinary use. It is not mischievous but allergies can be occurred in some cases.

Lingzhi

It is a 2000 years old mushroom which is also known as reishi. In many years back it is known as “mushroom of immortality” as it is rich in nutrition. These Basidiomycota examples belong to the Ganoderma species.

They boost the internal immune system and may be used in cancer patients. It is given to the high blood pressure patients to low it. It is good for brain and uplift the stress. It improves the sleep and good for high cholesterol patients.

Gilled Mushrooms

These Basidiomycota examples are known as euagarics and belong to the order Agaricales. It is known and common type of mushroom which has 413 genera, 33 (known and still alive) families and over 13000 (known and described) family.

It is terrestrial and found in both woodlands and grasslands. It is found in many countries among the world and varies in every genus. Also, they have 6 (not living) genera and many fossils.

Chicken of the wood

These Basidiomycota examples are edible mushrooms and also known as chicken mushroom. It belongs to the Laetiporus genus and it is another name is Laetiporus sulphureus (commonly known as Sulphur shelf). Its another name is “chicken of the woods”.

These Basidiomycota examples are also looks like meaty texture and tastes like meaty substance. It is a good source of Potassium and Vitamin C. it has various colors like salmon orange color in white oak tree with light red white pores. It grows from spring to fall.

It is slender and fan like shape. It is semicircular or irregular. It can be from smooth to wrinkled texture. Fruit body is the outside and Murrill species complex is its woody fungi part known.

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Chicken of the wood from Wikipedia

King Trumpet Mushroom

These Basidiomycota examples are edible mushrooms and also known as King oyster mushroom. It is found in many parts of Asia along with Europe, Middle East and North Africa. Its other name is Pleurotus eryngii.

Its shelf life is longer than any other mushrooms (like 10 days where others have 7 days). These should be kept in fridge. It grows from the base of the hardwoods and its shaft is 3 to 10 cm long. The fruit body is up to 300 grams under the normal condition.

Agaricomycetes

It is a big group under Basidiomycota examples. This taxon is similar to Homobasidiomycetes or Holobasidiomycetes (by Hibbett and Thorn). They mainly have the common cap with stalk structure. But some Basidiomycota examples have crust structure fruit body.

Turkey tail

These Basidiomycota examples are edible mushrooms and found in the whole world. Its other names are Trametes versicolor Coriolus versicolor and Polyporus versicolor. ‘Versicolor’ means many colors and that means this mushroom has variety of colors.

It is a kind of small, rough and tough fungus which is bracket like. In dead woods it grows like the layers (like with tier) in oak, beech etc. It is mild in taste and tastes like earthy. That means it is quiet bitter in taste (not like other mushrooms) and grows in May through December. Many things though depend on the season and the weather conditions.

Wood ear

It belongs to the order Auriculariales and it has many more names like jelly ear (English name), Judas’s ear or Jew’s ear, Auricularia Auricula Judae. They have brown colored basidiocarps which may be gelatinous. These Basidiomycota examples have ear like shape (name so).

They grow on older woods and look like ears. It is cooked in many ways and tastes good. But its natural taste is muddy and earthy. Many ingredients make it flavorful. It is full with nutritious value of Vitamin B complex and many bioactive compounds. 

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Wood ear from Wikipedia

Straw Mushroom

These Basidiomycota examples are edible mushrooms and also known as Volvariella volvacea. It is found in entire world and originated from East and South Asia. It is cooked and served as Asian cuisine.

It is found and cultivated from the fresh areas and found in canned or dried version. It is the substitute of button mushroom and tastes mildly musty. Its paddy and straw flavor have a lot of nutritious values.

Rust

It is a kind of disorder and belongs to the order Pucciniales. It has 168 genera and at about 7000 species. Maximum from the genus Puccinia. These Basidiomycota examples are toxin pathogens with many characteristics.

Some care can prevent this trouble like dusting Sulphur. Some organic pestisides are neem oil. The illness can be identified by the color of the rust and its patches on the leaves mainly.

Agaricus

It is a big group under Basidiomycota examples which contains both species over 300 members in the whole world. They contain both venomed and edible mushrooms found in the field. It is cultivated from the West part of Europe.

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Agaricus from wikipedia

Summary-

To wrap up the post, Basidiomycota examples are a large family of fungi over 40000 species. It mainly consists with mushrooms and they can be both edible and venomed. There are some pathogens also like rust. They are filamentous and bear spores (basidiospores).

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