The ''Pterulaceae'' are a family of fungi 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 ...

. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contained 99 species previously distributed among 12

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

. More recent data from molecular phylogenetic reconstruction showed that members of the genus '' Parapterulicium'' are unrelated to Pterulaceae and also polyphyletic. A new genus ''Baltazaria'' was created and both genera were moved to Russulales, to families Lachnocladiaceae and Peniophoraceae respectively. A major reappraisal of ''Pterulaceae'' was recently published by Leal-Dutra ''et al''., creating the new genus ''

Myrmecopterula ''Myrmecopterula'' is a genus of coral fungi in the ''Pterulaceae'' family with species which are associated with ant domestication by members of the genus ''Apterostigma''. Taxonomy The ''Myrmecopterula'' genus was created in 2020 when the ' ...

'', to encompass those species cultivated by '' Apterostigma'' ants in the neotropics, and resurrecting the genus ''

Phaeopterula ''Phaeopterula'' is a genus of fungi in the ''Pterulaceae'' family containing species formerly classified as '' Pterula''. Taxonomy This genus was originally classified by the German mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings in 1905 but it became in ...

'' to accommodate species with darker basidiomes. The genus ''

Deflexula ''Deflexula'' is a genus of tooth fungi in the family Pterulaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by British botanist E.J.H. Corner in his 1950 work "''Clavaria'' and Allied Genera". The type species, ''Deflexula fascicularis'', was origi ...

'' was merged into ''

Pterulicium ''Pterulicium'' is a genus of fungi in the Pterulaceae family. The genus was previously monotypic, containing the single species ''Pterulicium xylogenum'', found in southeast Asia. However in 2020 a major reclassification of the Pterulaceae famil ...

''. Additionally, the genera ''

Aphanobasidium ''Aphanobasidium'' is a genus of corticioid or crust fungi in the Radulomycetaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains several species. This genus was formally considered to be part of the ''Pterulaceae'' family. A m ...

'', ''

Radulomyces ''Radulomyces'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Radulomycetaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 11 species. It was circumscribed by Danish botanist Mads Peter Christiansen in 1960, with '' Radulomyces confluens'' ...

'' and ''

Radulotubus ''Radulotubus'' is a monotypic genus of corticioid or crust fungi in the family Radulomycetaceae containing the single resupinate species ''Radulotubus resupinatus.'' This species was found in Yunnan province, China and formally classified ...

'' were removed to a new family, ''Radulomycetaceae''.

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Pterulaceae The ''Pterulaceae'' are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Agaricales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contained 99 species previously distributed among 12 genus, genera. More recent data from molecular phylogenetic reconstr ...

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