What is Agaricomycetes?
Q: What is Agaricomycetes?
A: Agaricomycetes is a class of fungi.
Q: How many orders, families, genera, and species are in Agaricomycetes?
A: Agaricomycetes include 17 orders, 100 families, 1147 genera, and 20951 species.
Q: What do all members of the Agaricomycetes class produce?
A: All members of the Agaricomycetes class produce basidiocarps.
Q: What is the size range of basidiocarps produced by Agaricomycetes?
A: The size range of basidiocarps produced by Agaricomycetes ranges from tiny cups a few millimeters across to a giant polypore greater than several meters across and weighing up to 500 kilograms.
Q: Which organism has been estimated to be the largest and oldest individual organism on earth?
A: The mycelium of Armillaria gallica has been estimated to be the largest and oldest individual organism on earth.
Q: What is the function of nearly all species in the Agaricomycetes class?
A: Nearly all species in the Agaricomycetes class function as decayers, especially of wood.
Q: Which organisms are included in the symbiotic group of Agaricomycetes?
A: The symbiotic group of Agaricomycetes includes the important ectomycorrhizal symbionts of forest trees.
