Phelloriniaceae
Encyclopedia
The Phelloriniaceae are a family
of fungi in the Agaricales
order. The family contains two monotypic
genera, Dictyocephalos
, and Phellorinia
. The family was circumscribed by the German botanist Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich in 1951.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of fungi in the Agaricales
Agaricales
The fungal order Agaricales, also known as gilled mushrooms , or euagarics, contains some of the most familiar types of mushrooms. The order has 33 extant families, 413 genera, and over 13000 described species, along with five extinct genera known only from the fossil record...
order. The family contains two monotypic
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...
genera, Dictyocephalos
Dictyocephalos
Dictyocephalos is a genus of fungi in the Phelloriniaceae family of the Agaricales order. The genus is monotypic, and contains the single species Dictyocephalos attenuatus, described by the American botanist Lucien Marcus Underwood in 1901 ....
, and Phellorinia
Phellorinia
Phellorinia is a genus of fungi in the Phelloriniaceae family of the Agaricales order. The genus is monotypic, and contains the single species Phellorinia herculeana, described by English naturalist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1843 as P. inquinans....
. The family was circumscribed by the German botanist Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich in 1951.