Subphylum Basidiomycetes

Subphylum Basidiomycetes

Most of the larger fleshy fungi seen growing in the woods are the fruiting bodies of Basidiomycetes which bear spores on tiny club-shaped hyphae within the mushroom. These so-called club fungi are thought to have evolved from the Ascomycetes. Of all the fungi they are the most complex in structure. Some can be eaten and some are very poisonous. [CH] {AU}