| Albatrellaceae | |
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| Albatrellus ovinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Albatrellaceae Pouzar (1966) |
| Type genus | |
| Albatrellus Gray (1821) | |
| Genera | |
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Albatrellus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leucogastraceae Moreau ex Fogel (1979) | |
The Albatrellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Russulales. The family contains 9 genera and more than 45 species.
Description
Most genera in the family produce fruit bodies which have typical mushroom morphology, with caps and stems. Others form false truffles. It also includes a single corticioid genus; Byssoporia.
See also
References
- ^ Smith ME, Schell KJ, Castellano MA, Trappe MJ, Trappe JM (2013). "The enigmatic truffle Fevansia aurantiaca is an ectomycorrhizal member of the Albatrellus lineage" (PDF). Mycorrhiza. 23 (8): 663–8. Bibcode:2013Mycor..23..663S. doi:10.1007/s00572-013-0502-2. PMID 23666521. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
- "Albatrellaceae Pouzar 1966". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- Fogel R. (1979). "The genus Leucophleps (Basidiomycetes, Leucogastrales)". Canadian Journal of Botany. 57 (16): 1718–28. doi:10.1139/b79-211.
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
External links
- The Families of Mushrooms and Toadstools Represented in the British Isles Family description
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