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RUSSULALES Kreisel ex P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon & J.C. David, 2001 (an order of toadstools)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Family AURISCALPIACEAE Maas Geest., 1963 (a family of basidiomycetes) 9          
Species Auriscalpium vulgare Gray, 1821 (Earpick Fungus)   14 10 2 2 5
Genus Clavicorona (a genus of fairy clubs) 2       1 3
Genus Lentinellus P. Karst., 1879 (cockleshell fungi) 6 12     7 19
Family BONDARZEWIACEAE Kotl. & Pouzar, 1957 (a fungus) 1          
Species Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref., 1888 (Root Rot, Root Fomes)   9 2     8
Family HERICIACEAE Donk, 1964 (a family of lignicolous tooth fungi) 5          
Species Dentipellis fragilis (Pers.:Fr.)Donk (a basidiomycete fungus)         1  
Genus Hericium Pers., 1794 (a genus of tooth fungi) 3 8     8 22
Species Mucronella calva (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr., 1874 (a tooth fungus)   2 8 8   36
Family LACHNOCLADIACEAE D.A. Reid, 1965 (a family of basidiomycete fungi) 7          
Species Asterostroma cervicolor (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Massee, 1889 (a resupinate basidiomycete)           2
Species Asterostroma laxum Bres., 1920 (a basidiomycete)           3
Species Dichostereum durum (Bourdot & Galzin) Pílat, 1926 (a basidiomycete fungus)           1
Species Scytinostroma ochroleucum (Bres. & Torrend) Donk, 1956 (a resupinate fungus)           2
Species Scytinostroma portentosum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Donk, 1956 (Mothball Crust)         1 9
Species Vararia gallica (Bourdot & Galzin) Boidin, 1951 (a basidiomycete fungus)           6
Species Vararia ochroleuca (Bourdot & Galzin) Donk, 1930 (a basidiomycete fungus)           4
Family PENIOPHORACEAE Lotsy, 1907 (a fungus) 19          
Genus Peniophora Cooke, 1879 (a genus of resupinate basiomycete fungi) 19 30 23 26 2 129
Family RUSSULACEAE Lotsy, 1907 (milkcaps and russulas) 222 595 168 298 49 570
Family STEPHANOSPORACEAE Oberw. & E. Horak, 1979 (a family of false truffles) 1          
Species Stephanospora caroticolor (Berk.) Pat., 1914 (a false truffle)           3
Family STEREACEAE Pilát, 1930 (a fungus) 28 22 20 10 3 179

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Gruppo Micologico <<G. Bresadola>> di Trento - image gallery: http://www.mtsn.tn.it/bresadola/gallery_index.asp Web Site/Page
Russulales News: http://www.mtsn.tn.it/russulales-news/welcome.asp Web Site/Page
Henderson, D.M., Orton, P.D. & Watling, R., 1969 Agarics and Boleti - Introduction
The Russulales Website: http://w3.uwyo.edu/~fungi/Russulales_site.html Web Site/Page

General Works

Dennis, R.W.G., Orton, P.D. & Hora, F.B., 1960 New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti
Hawkswell, A., 2001 (method of making permanent microscope slides of spores.) Iodine-lactophenol as a mycological mounting medium
Orton, P.D., 1960 New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III

RUSSULALES may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with RUSSULALES:

Russulales may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

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