Fungalpedia – Note 3073, Ganodermataceae

 

Ganodermataceae Donk.

Citation when using this data: Senanayake IC et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia.

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Classification: Polyporaceae, Polyporales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi.

Ganodermataceae was derived by Donk (1948) from previously established Ganodermoideae. Members of this family includes perennial to annual, stipitate to pileate basidiocarps, with or without a cuticle or cuticle, white to greyish pore surface, di-trimitic hyphal system with arboriform skeleto-binding hyphae and saprophytes or parasites causing white rot decomposition (Corner 1983; Zhao 1989; Ryvarden 2004; Costa-Rezende et al. 2017). Basidiospores are distinct from other families of polypores by bearing an apical, often shrunk umbo, non-truncate to truncate apex basidiospore, double-walled with coloured inner wall and ornamented outer wall (Donk 1964; Moncalvo and Ryvarden 1997; Núñez and Ryvarden 2000; Ryvarden 2004; Costa-Rezende et al. 2017; Sun et al. 2020). Ganodermataceae is polyphyletic with 10 genera, of which, Amauroderma s. str., Foraminispora, Furtadoa, Haddowia, Magoderna and Sanguinoderma have non-truncate basidiospores whereas Ganoderma, Humphreya, Tomophagus, and Trachyderma have basidiospores with truncate apex (Karsten 1881; Steyaert 1972; Corner 1983; Moncalvo and Ryvarden 1997; Costa-Rezende et al. 2017, 2020; Sun et al. 2020).

Type genus: Ganoderma P. Karst.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Ganodermataceae.

 

References

Corner EJH. 1983 – Ad Polyporaceas I. Amauroderma and Ganoderma. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 75: 1–183.

Costa-Rezende DH, Robledo GL, Goes-Neto A, Reck MA et al. 2017 – Morphological reassessment and molecular phylogenetic analyses of Amauroderma s.lat. raised new perspectives in the generic classification of the Ganodermataceae family. Persoonia 39: 254–269.

Costa-Rezende DH, Robledo GL, Drechsler-Santos ER,  Glen M et al. 2020 –Taxonomy and phylogeny of polypores with ganodermatoid basidiospores (Ganodermataceae). Mycological Progress 19: 725–741.

Donk MA. 1948 – Notes on Malesian fungi. I. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg. 17: 473–482.

Donk MA. 1964 – A conspectus of families of Aphyllophorales. Persoonia 3: 199–324.

Karsten PA. 1881 – Enumeralio boletinearum et polypore arum fennicarum, systemate novo dispositarum. Rev Mycol 3: 16–19.

Moncalvo JM, Ryvarden L. 1997 – A nomenclatural study of the Ganodermataceae Donk. Fungi Flora 10: 1–114.

Núñez M, Ryvarden L. 2000 – East Asian polypores 1. Ganodermataceae and Hymenochaetaceae. Synopsis Fungorum 13: 1–168.

Ryvarden L. 2004 – Neotropical polypores Part 1. Synopsis Fungorum 19: 1–229.

Steyaert RL. 1972 – Species of Ganoderma and related genera mainly of the Bogor and Leiden Herbaria. Persoonia 7: 55–118.

Sun YF, Costa-Rezende DH, Xing JH, Zhou JL et al. 2020 – Multigene phylogeny and taxonomy of Amauroderma s.lat. (Ganodermataceae). Persoonia 44: 206–239.

Zhao JD. 1989 – The Ganodermataceae in China. Bibliotheca Mycologica 132. Berlin: J. Cramer, 176.

 

Entry by

Indunil C. Senanayake, Innovative Institute for Plant Health/ Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, Guangdong, China., Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand., Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, 3688, Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China., University of L’Aquila, Department MeSVA, sect. Environmental Sciences, Via Vetoio, 67100 Coppito (AQ), Italy.

 

Published online 31 August 2026

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