Termitomyces: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Lyophyllaceae
- Genus
- Termitomyces
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Termitomyces
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Termitomyces
Termitomyces is a genus of basidiomycete fungi known as termite mushrooms in Lyophyllaceae family farmed by fungus-growing termites. The fungi and the termites interdepend to live, as the termites house and culture the fungi, and the fungi in turn provide foods for the termites. Often after a raining, the fungi grow mushrooms, which are edible and highly regarded for their flavor.
...Termitomyces in languages:
- Chinese
- 蟻傘屬
- Japanese
- オオシロアリタケ属
- Thai
- สกุล เห็ดโคน
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Arthromyces
- Asterophora
- Atractosporocybe
- Australocybe
- Blastosporella
- Calocybe
- Calocybella
- Gerhardtia
- Hypsizygus
- Leucocalocybe
- Leucocybe
- Lyophyllopsis
- Lyophyllum
- Myochromella
- Nigrocarnea
- Ossicaulis
- Phaeotephrocybe
- Praearthromyces
- Rhizocybe
- Sagaranella
- Sphagnurus
- Tephrocybe
- Tephrocybella
- Tephroderma
- Termitomyces
- Tricholomella
- Tricholyophyllum
Child Taxa
- Termitomyces aurantiacus
- Termitomyces bulborhizus
- Termitomyces cartilagineus
- Termitomyces clypeatus
- Termitomyces eurrhizus
- Termitomyces fuliginosus
- Termitomyces globulus
- Termitomyces heimii
- Termitomyces intermedius
- Termitomyces le-testui
- Termitomyces medius
- Termitomyces microcarpus
- Termitomyces reticulatus
- Termitomyces robustus
- Termitomyces sagittiformis
- Termitomyces schimperi
- Termitomyces striatus
- Termitomyces titanicus
- Termitomyces tylerianus
- Termitomyces umkowaan






























































































































































