The Thelephoraceae are a

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in the order

Thelephorales The Thelephorales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. The order includes corticioid and hydnoid fungi, together with a few polypores and clavarioid species. Most fungi within the Thelephorales are ectomycorrhizal. None is of any ...

. This grouping of mushrooms is commonly known as the "leathery earthfans".

Genera

The family includes the following eight genera: * ''

Amaurodon ''Amaurodon'' is a genus of fungi in the family Thelephoraceae. Most species in the genus have resupinate and corticioid (flattened, crust-like) fruit bodies that grow on rotting wood. The hymenophore may have pores, teeth, or be smooth, and is t ...

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Hypochnus ''Hypochnus'' is a genus of fungi. The original treatment of the genus by Elias Magnus Fries included various wholly unrelated species, therefore it is now considered a ''nomen ambiguum'', with the type species ''H. ferrugineus'' assigned to ''T ...

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Lenzitopsis ''Lenzitopsis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Thelephoraceae. This genus contains two species, the type '' Lenzitopsis oxycedri'' and '' L. daii'', described as new to science in 2012. The genus name of ''Lenzitopsis'' is in honour of ...

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Polyozellus ''Polyozellus'' is a fungal genus in the family Thelephoraceae, a grouping of mushrooms known collectively as the leathery earthfans. Previously considered a monotypic genus, it now contains the ''Polyozellus multiplex'' species complex. Th ...

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Pseudotomentella ''Pseudotomentella'' is a genus of corticioid fungi in the family Thelephoraceae. The genus was described by Czech mycologist Mirko Svrček Mirko (Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic etymolo ...

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Skepperia ''Skepperia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Thelephoraceae. The genus was described by mycologist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1857 to contain the type species ''Skepperia convoluta''. The genus was circumscribed by Berkeley in Trans. Linn. Soc. L ...

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Thelephora ''Thelephora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Thelephoraceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species. Fruit bodies of species are leathery, usually brownish at maturity, and range in shape from coral-like tufts to ...

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Tomentella ''Tomentella'' is a genus of corticioid fungi in the family Thelephoraceae. The genus is ectomycorrhizal, and widespread, with about 80 species according to a 2008 estimate, although many new species have since been described. ''Tomentella'' was ...

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* * Thelephorales Basidiomycota families Taxa named by François Fulgis Chevallier Taxa described in 1826 {{Agaricomycetes-stub