Bondarzewiaceae

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Bondarzewiaceae
Bondarzewia montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Russulales Family: Bondarzewiaceae
Genera
Amylaria Amylosporus Bondarzewia Gloeodontia Gloiodon Heterobasidion Stecchericium Wrightoporia

Bondarzewiaceae is a family of fungi in the order Russulales. The type species for both its genus and the family as a whole, Bondarzewia montana, closely resembles memembers of Polyporales (and was formerly placed there), but has ornamented spores like those of Lactarius or Russula. This characteristic suggested the relationship between physically dissimilar species that eventually led to the restructuring of Russulales (and other taxa) using molecular phylogeny.