Family Hericiaceae
Three genera are found in North America. The toothed bracket Creolophus cirrhatus was moved to Hericium cirrhatum.
- Dentipellis is effused-reflexed with teeth.
- Hericium has white teeth on branches or under a cap.
- Laxitextum is stereoid with whitish smooth underside.
Taxon Details and Links
- Nomenclature
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- Hericiaceae , Persoonia 3(2): 269 (1964). Type: Hericium Pers., Neues Magazin für die Botanik 1: 109 (1794).
- Taxonomy
- Index Fungorum editorial comment:
Based on Hydnaceae subfamily Hericieae T.L. Nikolaeva, Flora Plantarum Cryptogamarum USSR 6(2): 212 (1961), but not a new combination (Art. 33.1).
- Related links
- Miller, S. L., E. Larsson, K-H. Larsson, A. Verbeken, J. Nuytinck. 2006. Perspectives in the new Russulales. Mycologia 98(6): 960-970. DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2006.11832625
- Taxon links
- 80854 Hericiaceae
- MycoBank
- Index Fungorum