Polyporales

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iPolyporales

Ganoderma applanatum

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Homobasidiomycetes
Order:	Polyporales

Families

   Albatrellaceae
   Atheliaceae
   Boreostereaceae
   Corticiaceae
   Cyphellaceae
   Cystostereaceae
   Epitheliaceae
   Fomitopsidaceae
   Ganodermataceae
   Gloeophyllaceae
   Grammotheleaceae
   Hapalopilaceae
   Hyphodermataceae
   Meripilaceae
   Meruliaceae
   Phanerochaetaceae
   Podoscyphaceae
   Polyporaceae
   Sistotremataceae
   Sparassidaceae
   Steccherinaceae
   Tubulicrinaceae
   Xenasmataceae

Polyporales (earlier known as Aphyllophorales) are important decomposers of wood. They are basidiomycetes that lack soft gills (lamellae), but are also hymenomycetes as are boletes and agarics. This assemblage of fungi is polyphyletic. Polyporales have a smooth hymenophore, or have pores such as the boletes, or teeth, or irregular gills. Major groups are the polypores and various coral fungi.