Thelephoraceae

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Thelephoraceae
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Polyozellus multiplex
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Thelephoraceae
Chevall. (1826)
Type genus
Thelephora
Ehrh. ex Willd. (1787)
Genera

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The Thelephoraceae are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. This grouping of mushrooms is commonly known as the "leathery earthfans". [1] [2]

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Genera

The family includes the following eight genera:

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Thelephora palmata is a species of clavarioid fungus in the family Thelephoraceae. The fruit bodies are leathery and coral-like, with branches that are narrow at the base before widening out like a fan and splitting into numerous flattened prongs. The wedge-like tips are whitish when young, but darken as the fungus matures. The common names of the fungus refers to its pungent odor, likened to fetid garlic. A widely distributed but uncommon species, it is found in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America, where it fruits on the ground in both coniferous and mixed forest.

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References

  1. Pilz D, Norvell L, Danell E, Molina R (2003). Ecology and management of commercially harvested chanterelle mushrooms. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-576 (PDF). Portland, Oregon: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. p. 17.
  2. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. ISBN   0-85199-827-5.