The Stereaceae are a
family
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of
corticioid fungi
The corticioid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota typically having effused, smooth basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are formed on the undersides of dead tree trunks or branches. They are sometimes colloquially called crust fungi or pa ...
in the
Russulales
The Russulales are an order of the Agaricomycetes, (which include the agaric genera ''Russula'' and '' Lactarius'' and their polyporoid and corticioid relatives). According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'' (10th edition, 2008), the order con ...
order. Species in the family have a widespread distribution, are
lignicolous
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or terrestrial (in
leaf litter
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), and typically
saprobic
Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi (f ...
.
According to the ''Dictionary of the Fungi'', the family contains 22
genera
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and 125
species
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.
Genera list
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Acanthobasidium''
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Acanthofungus''
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Acanthophysium''
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Aleurocystis''
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Aleurodiscus''
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Amylofungus''
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Amylohyphus''
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Amylosporomyces''
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Amylostereum
''Amylostereum'' is the single genus in the fungal family Amylostereaceae. The genus currently comprises four saprotrophic and parasitic species, which live off living or dead wood. The Amylostereaceae cause white rot in the wood by disintegratin ...
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Boidinia
''Boidinia'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Russulaceae. The genus is widely distributed, and contains 10 species. ''Boidinia'' was described in 1982 with the type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') ...
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Chaetoderma''
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Conferticium''
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Gloeocystidiopsis''
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Gloeodontia''
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Gloeomyces''
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Megalocystidium''
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Pseudoxenasma
''Pseudoxenasma'' is a fungal genus in the family Russulaceae, described in 1976. The genus is monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species i ...
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Scotoderma''
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Scytinostromella''
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Stereum
''Stereum'' is the type genus of the Stereaceae family of fungi, in the Russulales order. Until recently, the genus was classified in the Corticiaceae family, of the Corticiales order. However, it was given its own family as a result of the spli ...
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Xylobolus''
There is also
phylogenetic
In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...
evidence that the species known as
BY1 is in Stereaceae, but has yet to be described completely.
References
External links
Stereaceae at Hidden Forest
Russulales
Basidiomycota families
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