The Phelloriniaceae are a
family
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of
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
in the order
Agaricales
The fungal order Agaricales, also known as gilled mushrooms (for their distinctive gills) or euagarics, contains some of the most familiar types of mushrooms. The order has 33 extant families, 413 genera, and over 13,000 described species, alo ...
. The family contains two
monotypic
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genera, ''
Dictyocephalos
''Dictyocephalos'' is a genus of fungi in the family Phelloriniaceae of the order Agaricales. The genus is monotypic, and contains the single species ''Dictyocephalos attenuatus'', described by the American botanist Lucien Marcus Underwood
Luc ...
'' and ''
Phellorinia
''Phellorinia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Phelloriniaceae of the order Agaricales. The genus is monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic spe ...
''.
[ The family was circumscribed by the German botanist ]Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich
Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich (17 September 1879 – 4 November 1952) was a German botanist and mycologist.
Ulbrich was born in Berlin. He studied natural sciences at the University of Berlin, where his instructors included Adolf Engler (1844–1930) and ...
in 1951.[
]
See also
*List of Agaricales families
The Agaricales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes (division Basidiomycota). It is the largest group of mushroom-forming fungi, and includes more than 400 genera and over 13,000 species. Molecular phylogenetics analyses of ribosomal ...
References
Agaricales families
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