Meruliaceae

Meruliaceae
Merulius tremellosus, member of the Meruliaceae.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Meruliaceae
Rea (1922)
Type genus
Merulius
Fr. (1821)
Synonyms[1]

Steccherinaceae Parmasto (1968)

The Meruliaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 47 genera and 420 species.[2] The family was formally circumscribed by English mycologist Carleton Rea in 1922.[3]

Genera

References

  1. "Meruliaceae Rea 1922". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Rea C. (1922). British Basidiomycetae: a Handbook to the Larger British Fungi. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 620.
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