Albatrellaceae

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Albatrellaceae
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Albatrellus ovinus
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Albatrellaceae
Pouzar (1966)
Type genus
Albatrellus
Gray (1821)
Genera

Albatrellus
Byssoporia [1]
Fevansia [1]
Jahnoporus
Leucogaster
Leucophleps
Mycolevis
Polyporoletus
Scutiger

Contents

Synonyms [2]

LeucogastraceaeMoreau ex Fogel (1979) [3]

The Albatrellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Russulales. The family contains 9 genera and more than 45 species. [1] [4]

Description

Most genera in the family produce fruit bodies which have typical mushroom morphology, with caps and stems. Others form false truffles. It also includes a single corticioid genus; Byssoporia . [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Smith ME, Schell KJ, Castellano MA, Trappe MJ, Trappe JM (2013). "The enigmatic truffle Fevansia aurantiaca is an ectomycorrhizal member of the Albatrellus lineage" (PDF). Mycorrhiza. 23 (8): 663–8. Bibcode:2013Mycor..23..663S. doi:10.1007/s00572-013-0502-2. PMID   23666521. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
  2. "Albatrellaceae Pouzar 1966". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  3. Fogel R. (1979). "The genus Leucophleps (Basidiomycetes, Leucogastrales)". Canadian Journal of Botany. 57 (16): 1718–28. doi:10.1139/b79-211.
  4. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 18. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.