Albatrellaceae

Albatrellaceae
Albatrellus ovinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Albatrellaceae
Nuss (1980)
Type genus
Albatrellus
Gray
Genera

Albatrellus
Byssoporia
Jahnoporus
Leucogaster
Leucophleps
Mycolevis
Polyporoletus
Scutiger

The Albatrellaceae are a family of fungi in the Polyporales order. The family contains 7 genera and 45 species.[1]

Contents

Description

Species in the family produce fruit bodies which have typical mushroom morphology, with caps and stems.

Genera and species

Albatrellus

Jahnoporus

Polyporoletus

Scutiger

References

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 

External links

The Families of Mushrooms and Toadstools Represented in the British Isles Family description