Polypores
Dryad's saddle (Polyporus squamosus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Polyporales Family: Polyporaceae

Polyporaceae are a family of Bracket fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. Polyporus squamosus is an edible Basidiomycete Bracket fungus, with Common names including Dryad's saddle and Pheasant's back A fungus (ˈfʌŋgəs is a eukaryotic Organism that is a member of the kingdom Fungi (ˈfʌndʒaɪ Basidiomycota is one of two large phyla that together with the Ascomycota, comprise the subkingdom Dikarya, which were in general what were called The class Agaricomycetes includes not only Mushrooms but also most species placed in the old outdated taxa Gasteromycetes and Homobasidiomycetes. Polyporales (earlier known as Aphyllophorales) are important decomposers of wood Bracket fungi, or shelf fungi, are fungi, in the phylum Basidiomycota. Basidiomycota is one of two large phyla that together with the Ascomycota, comprise the subkingdom Dikarya, which were in general what were called The flesh of their fruiting bodies varies from soft (as in the case of the Dryad's Saddle illustrated) to very tough. The sporocarp of a Basidiomycete is known as a Basidiocarp, while the fruiting body of an Ascomycete is known as an Ascocarp. Most members of this family have their hymenium (fertile layer) in vertical pores on the underside of the caps, but some of them have gills (e. The hymenium is the tissue layer on the Hymenophore of a Fungal Fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which g. Panus) or gill-like structures (such as Daedaleopsis, whose elongated pores form a corky labyrinth). Many species are brackets, but others have a definite stipe - for example: Polyporus badius. In Mycology a stipe refers to the stem or stalk-like feature supporting the cap of a Mushroom.

Most of these fungi have white spore powder but members of the genus Abundisporus have coloured spores and produce yellowish spore prints. Abundisporus is a small genus of Bracket fungi currently with three recognized species all found in eastern Asia. Cystidia are absent. cystidium (plural cystidia) is a relatively large cell found on the Hymenium of a Basidiomycete (for example on the surface of a mushroom gill often

Genera

Fruiting bodies of Cerrena unicolor covered with algae

Genera include:

• Abundisporus
• Cerrena
• Daedaleopsis
• Haploporus
• Loweporus
• Panus
• Perenniporia
• Polyporus
• Poria