Editing Basidiocarp (section)

==Types==
[[File:Ramaria rugosa var cinerea.jpg|thumb|Basidiocarps of ''Ramaria rugosa'', a [[coral fungus]]]]
[[File:Cantharellus tubiformis 050920w.jpg|thumb|Basidiocarps of ''[[Craterellus tubaeformis]]'', a cantharelloid fungus]]
[[File:Amanita muscaria 3 vliegenzwammen op rij.jpg|thumb|Basidiocarps of ''[[Amanita muscaria]]'', an [[agaric]]]]

Basidiocarps are classified into various types of growth forms based on the degree of differentiation into a stipe, pileus, and hymenophore, as well as the type of hymenophore, if present.

Growth forms include:

*[[Jelly fungus]] – fruiting body is jelly-like.
*[[Club fungus]] and [[coral fungus]] – erect fruiting body without a distinct stalk and cap, either unbranched (club fungus) or profusely branched (coral fungus).
*[[Polypore]] – underside of the fruiting body usually consists of tubes; otherwise very variable, usually wood-inhabiting
*tooth fungus or [[hydnoid fungus]] – underside of the fruiting body composed of spines or teeth
*[[Corticioid fungus]] – the underside of the fruiting body is usually smooth or with spines (vs. hydnoid fungi) but not poroid nor gilled; typically effused without caps
*Cantharelloid fungus – fruiting body with shallow fold-like gills running over most of the lower surface of the fruiting body and not much differentiation between the stalk and cap.
*[[Gasteromycete]] or "gastroid fungus" – fruiting body has a ball-like shape and in which the hymenophore has become entirely enclosed on the inside of the fruiting body.
*[[False truffle]] – like a gasteromycete, however, but with a [[hypogeous]] (underground) fruiting body.
*[[Secotioid|Secotioid fungus]] – like a gasteromycete, but with a stalk. Thought to be an evolutionarily intermediate stage between a gasteromycete and an agaric. 
*[[Agaric]] or gill fungi – fruiting body with caps, gills, and (usually) a stalk.
*[[Bolete]] – fleshy fruiting body with a cap, a stalk, and tubes on the underside. 

Basic divisions of [[Agaricomycotina]] were formerly based entirely upon the growth form of the mushroom. [[Molecular phylogenetic]] investigation (as well as supporting evidence from [[wikt:micromorphology|micromorphology]] and [[chemotaxonomy]]) has since demonstrated that similar types of basidiomycete growth form are often examples of [[convergent evolution]] and do not always reflect a close relationship between different groups of fungi. For example, agarics have arisen independently in the [[Agaricales]], the [[Boletales]], the [[Russulales]], and other groups, while [[secotioid]] fungi and false truffles have arisen independently many times just within the Agaricales.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MykoWeb: Evolution & Morphology in the Homobasidiomycetes|url=http://www.mykoweb.com/articles/Homobasidiomycete_clades.html|access-date=2020-07-12|website=www.mykoweb.com}}</ref>