Schizophyllineae, Dentinger & Gaya & O'Brien & Suz & Lachlan & Diaz-Valderrama & Koch & Aime, 2016

Dentinger, BTM, Gaya, E, O'Brien, H, Suz, LM, Lachlan, R, Diaz-Valderrama, JR, Koch, RA & Aime, MC, 2016, Tales from the crypt: genome mining from fungarium specimens improves resolution of the mushroom tree of life, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 117, pp. 11-32 : 26

Schizophyllineae Aime, Dentinger & Gaya subord. nov.

Name registration: IF551137

Type family: Schizophyllaceae Quel., Fl. mycol. France (Paris): 365 (1888) .

Basidiomata typically astipitate with a tubular or cupulate hymenophore. Hyphae are monomitic, usually presenting clamp connections, non-amyloid, and often gelatinous. Basidia four spored and basidiospores hyaline. Cystidia absent.

Representative families: Fistulinaceae Lotsy , Schizophyllaceae .

Notes: Schizophyllineae is equivalent to schizophylloid clade of Moncalvo et al. (2002). The Lachnellaceae , which was recovered as the sister group to Schizophyllaceae by Matheny et al. (2006) and Binder et al. (2010), might also belong here. Species are readily distinguished by the unusual tubular or cupulate hymenophore that predominates in members of this group. Ecologically, this group is characterized by saprotrophy, with both white- ( Schizophyllum ) and brown- ( Fistulina ) rot capacity.