Albatrellaceae

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

Albatrellus
Jahnoporus
Leucogaster
Leucophleps
Mycolevis
Polyporoletus
Scutiger

Synonyms[1]

Leucogastraceae Moreau ex Fogel (1979)[2]

The Albatrellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Russulales. The family contains 7 genera and 45 species.[3]

Description

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

See also

References

  1. "Albatrellaceae Pouzar 1966". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  2. Fogel R. (1979). "The genus Leucophleps (Basidiomycetes, Leucogastrales)". Canadian Journal of Botany 57 (16): 1718–28. doi:10.1139/b79-211.
  3. 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.

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