The Phelloriniaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. The family contains two monotypic genera, Dictyocephalos and Phellorinia.[1] The family was circumscribed by the German botanist Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich in 1951.[2]

Phelloriniaceae
Phellorinia herculeana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Phelloriniaceae
Ulbr. (1951)
Type genus
Phellorinia
Berk. (1843)
Genera

Dictyocephalos
Phellorinia

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References

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  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 521. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Ulbrich E. (1952). "Phellorinia delestrei (Dur, et Mont.) Ed. Fischer, ein fur Mitteleuropa neuer Wustenpilz und uber die neue Gasteromyceten-Familie der Phelloriniaceae Ulbrich nov. fam. aus der Verwandt-schaft der Sclerodermatineen". Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft (in German). 64 (9): 256–69.