Order Thelephorales
[toothed fungi and ground fans]
This order contains toothed fungi, pored fungi, ground fans, and crust fungi. Nearly all species are thought to be mycorrhizal. There are two families and these have a dozen genera in North America. There are about twenty species in the Chicago Region from five genera.
- Bankeraceae (Bankera, Boletopsis, Hydnellum, Phellodon, Sarcodon)
- Thelephoraceae (Amaurodon, Odontia, Polyozellus, Pseudotomentella, Thelephora, Tomentella, Tomentellopsis)
Taxon Details and Links
- Nomenclature
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- Thelephorales , Sydowia 28 (1-6): 361 (1976). Type: Thelephora Ehrh. ex Willd. 1787.
- Taxonomy
- Phylogenetic studies suggest this order is the sister group to Polyporales.
- Description links
- Tree of Life (2004)
- Wikipedia
- Related links
- Hibbett, D. S., R. Bauer, M. Binder, A.J. Giachini, K. Hosaka, A. Justo, E. Larsson, K.H. Larsson, J.D. Lawrey, O. Miettinen, L. Nagy, R.H. Nilsson, M. Weiss, and R.G. Thorn. 2014. Agaricomycetes. Pp. 373–429 In: Systematics and Evolution, Second Edition, The Mycota VII Part A. (D. J. McLaughlin and J. W. Spatafora, Eds.), Springer Verlag. [Chapter 14 and complete volume PDF at Hibbett Lab Publications.]
- Taxon links
- 90575 Thelephorales
- MycoBank
- Index Fungorum