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Eukaryota > Fungi > Basidiomycota > Polyporales

Preferred term

Polyporales  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Aphyllophorale
  • Aphyllophorales

Scope note

  • An order of fungi in the phylum BASIDIOMYCOTA having macroscopic basidiocarps. The members are characterized by their saprophytic activities as decomposers, particularly in the degradation of CELLULOSE and LIGNIN. A large number of species in the order have been used medicinally. (From Alexopoulos, Introductory Mycology, 4th ed, pp504-68)

History note

  • 2005 (1999)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020072

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