Peniophoraceae
Peniophoraceae | |
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Peniophora incarnata growing on the underside of a log of Acer pensylvanicum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Russulales |
Family: | Peniophoraceae Lotsy (1907) |
Type genus | |
Peniophora Cooke (1879) | |
Genera | |
Amylofungus |
The Peniophoraceae are a family of fungi in the order Russulales. Species of this family have a cosmopolitan distribution and are mostly saprobic, causing rots of standing and fallen wood.[1] According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 7 genera and 88 species.[2]
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