Pleurotoid fungi



Gilled fungi with laterally-attached fruiting bodies are classified as pleurotoid (Gr.: pleurē + ōtos + -oid, literally "side-ear form" or "having the likeness of Pleurotus ssp."). Pleurotoid fungi are typically wood-decay fungi and are found on dead and dying trees and coarse woody debris. The pleurotoid form is polyphyletic, having evolved a number of times within the Basidiomycota. Many species of pleurotoid fungi are commonly referred to as "oyster" mushrooms. Laterally-attached fungi with pores rather than gills are referred to as bracket fungi.

Agaricales

 * Cheimonophyllum
 * Crepidotus
 * Hohenbuehelia
 * Hypsizygus
 * Ossicaulis
 * Panellus
 * Phyllotopsis
 * Pleurocybella — Angel wings
 * Pleurotus — Oyster mushrooms
 * Resupinatus — Oysterlings
 * Schizophyllum
 * Tectella

Polyporales

 * Lentinus
 * Panus

Russulales

 * Lactifluus - some species
 * Lentinellus
 * Russula - some species