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Basidiomycota

Taxonomy

Basidiomycota was named by Whittaker (1980). It is extant.

It was assigned to Fungi by Adl et al. (2005); to Fungi by Taylor et al. (2008); and to Dikarya by Tedersoo et al. (2018).

Subtaxa

Agaricomycotina, Graphiolites, Lycoperdales, Lycoperdiales, Nidulariaceae, Pucciniomycotina, Ustilaginomycotina, Wallemiomycotina

Synonyms

Lycoperdales is an order. It is extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Basidiomycota by Wijayawardene et al. (2022).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1980	Basidiomycota Whittaker
2005	Basidiomycota Adl et al. p. 401 figs. Table 1
2008	Basidiomycota Taylor et al. p. 1027
2018	Basidiomycota Tedersoo et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Fungi	Jahn and Jahn 1959
subkingdom	Dikarya	Hibbett et al. 2007

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Basidiomycota	Whittaker 1980
phylum	Basidiomycota	Whittaker 1980

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ph. Basidiomycota Whittaker 1980

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Subph. Agaricomycotina

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Cl. Agaricomycetes Doweld 2001

Or. Agaricales Underwood 1899 [gilled mushroom]

Fm. Agaricaceae Chevallier 1826

G. †Agaricites Meschinelli 1892

Invalid names: Coprinaceae [synonym]

G. †Aureofungus Hibbett et al. 2003

†Aureofungus yaniguaensis Hibbett et al. 2003

G. †Gerontomyces Poinar 2016

†Gerontomyces lepidotus Poinar 2016

G. †Gondwanagaricites Heads et al. 2017

†Gondwanagaricites magnificus Heads et al. 2017

Subor. Marasmiineae Aime et al. 2015

G. †Marasmiamimum Mao et al. 2024

G. †Mesoagaracites Mao et al. 2024

G. †Palaeoagaracites Poinar and Buckley 2007

†Palaeoagaracites antiquus Poinar and Buckley 2007

Fm. Tricholomataceae Heim ex Pouzar 1983

G. †Archaeomarasmius Hibbett et al. 1997

G. †Protomycena Hibbett et al. 1997

Invalid names: Marasmiaceae Roze ex Kühner 1980 [empty]

Or. Boletales Gilbert 1931

Subor. Sclerodermatineae Binder and Bresinsky 2002

G. †Palaeogaster Poinar et al. 2014

Or. Polyporales Gaum 1926

Fm. Ganodermataceae Donk 1948

G. †Ganodermites Fleischmann et al. 2007

Fm. Polyporaceae

G. †Dactyloporus Herzer 1893

G. †Polyporites Lindley and Hutton 1833

Invalid names: Dacrymycetes Doweld 2001 [empty], Tremellomycetes Doweld 2001 [empty]

G. †Graphiolites Fritel 1910

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†Graphiolites sabaleos Fritel 1910

Or. Lycoperdiales

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Fm. Lycoperdiaceae

G. Geaster Micheli 1772

†Geaster florissantensis Cockerell 1908

Fm. Nidulariaceae Dumortier 1822

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G. Cyathus Haller 1768

†Cyathus dominicanus Poinar 2022

G. Nidula White 1902

†Nidula baltica Poinar 2022

Subph. Pucciniomycotina Bauer et al. 2006

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Invalid names: Agaricostilbomycetes Bauer et al. 2006 [empty], Atractiellomycetes Bauer et al. 2006 [empty], Classiculomycetes Bauer et al. 2006 [empty], Cryptomycocolacomycetes Bauer et al. 2006 [empty], Cystobasidiomycetes Bauer et al. 2006 [empty], Microbotryomycetes Bauer et al. 2006 [empty], Pucciniomycetes Bauer et al. 2006 [empty], Spiculogloeomycetes Wang et al. 2015 [empty], Tritirachiomycetes Aime and Schell 2011 [empty]

Subph. Ustilaginomycotina Bauer et al. 2006

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Cl. Ustilaginomycetes Bauer et al. 1997

Or. Ustilaginales Beketow 1864

G. Mundkurella Thirumalachar 1944

†Mundkurella mohgaonse Chitaley and Yawale 1978

G. Sorosporium Rudolphi 1829

†Sorosporium mohgaoense Chitaley and Yawale 1978

Fm. Ustilaginaceae

G. Ustilago Roussel 1806

Invalid names: Exobasidiomycetes Begerow et al. 2006 [empty], Malasseziomycetes Boekhout et al. 2014 [empty], Moniliellomycetes Wang et al. 2014 [empty]

Subph. Wallemiomycotina Doweld 2014

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Invalid names: Geminibasidiomycetes Nguyen and Seifert 2015 [empty], Wallemiomycetes Zalar et al. 2005 [empty]

Invalid names: Lycoperdales [invalid subgroup]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Villafranchian or 119.57000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	Brazil (Ceará)	Gondwanagaricites magnificus (186591)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Myanmar	Agaricales indet. C, Agaricales indet. D, Marasmiaceae indet. A, Marasmiaceae indet. B (161726) Marasmiamimum cretaceum, Mesoagaracites burmitis (236034)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Myanmar (Kachin)	Palaeoagaracites antiquus (123429) Palaeogaster micromorpha (104053)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (New Jersey)	Basidiomycota indet. (123016)
Paleogene	66.0 - 23.04	India (Madhya Pradesh)	Ustilaginales indet., Mundkurella mohgaonse, Sorosporium mohgaoense, Ustilago chitaleyi, Ustilago deccani (224606)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Germany (Halle)	Palaeocybe striata (236032)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Gerontomyces lepidotus (195170) Nidula baltica (125139)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Mexico (Chiapas)	Lycoperdites tertiarius (236026)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	India (Kerala)	Polyporites sp. (224891)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Libya	Ganodermites libycus (236033)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	Aureofungus yaniguaensis (195169) Coprinites dominicana (124475) Cyathus dominicanus (122472) Protomycena electra (124231)
Villafranchian	3.55 - 1.8	Slovakia	Polyporales indet. (41025)