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BOLETALES E.-J. Gilbert, 1931 (spongecap toadstools and their relatives)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #notes #refs
Family BOLETACEAE Chevall., 1826 (sponge cap toadstools) 67 537 199 122 66 111
Family CONIOPHORACEAE Ulbr., 1928 (a family of resupinate boletes) 5          
Genus Coniophora Mérat, 1821 (a genus of resupinate boletes) 4   11 20   4
Species Gyrodontium sacchari (Spreng.) Hjortstam (a toothed resupinate)           1
Family DIPLOCYSTIDIACEAE (barometer earthstars) 1          
Species Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.) Morgan, 1889 (Barometer Earthstar)   4     4 3
Family GOMPHIDIACEAE Maire ex Jülich, 1982 (spike toadstools) 4 39 1 5 5 3
Family GYROPORACEAE Locq., 1984 (a family of boletes) 3          
Species Gyroporus castaneus (Bull.) Quél., 1886 (Chestnut Bolete)     8      
Species Gyroporus cyanescens (Bull.) Quél., 1886 (a bolete)           1
Species Rubinoboletus rubinus (W.G. Sm.) Pilát & Dermek, 1969 (a bolete)           4
Family HYGROPHOROPSIDACEAE Kühner, 1980 (false chanterelles and some rollrims) 5          
Genus Hygrophoropsis (J. Schröt.) Maire, 1929 (false chanterelles) 3 31   4 9 2
Genus Leucogyrophana Pouzar, 1958 (a genus of resupinate boletes) 2         4
Family HYMENOGASTERACEAE Vittad., 1831 (a family of truffles) 2         8
Family MELANOGASTRACEAE E. Fisch., 1933 (slime truffles) 1          
Genus Melanogaster Corda, 1837 (slime truffles) 1         2
Family OCTAVIANIACEAE Locq. ex Pegler & T.W.K. Young, 1979 (a family of gasteromycetes) 2          
Species Octaviania asterosperma Vittad., 1831 (a gasteromycete)           1
Species Wakefieldia macrospora (Hawker) Hawker, 1954 (a false truffle)           1
Family PAXILLACEAE Lotsy, 1907 (a family of bolete toadstools) 4 18   2   13
Family RHIZOPOGONACEAE Gäum. & C.W. Dodge, 1928 (beard truffles) 3          
Genus Rhizopogon Fr. & Nordholm, 1817 (beard truffles) 3 15   5   3
Family SCLERODERMATACEAE Corda, 1842 (earthballs and dyeballs) 5          
Species Pisolithus arrhizus (Scop.) Rauschert, 1959 (Dyeball)           4
Genus Scleroderma Pers., 1801 (earthballs) 4 22 50 41   3
Family SERPULACEAE (a family of boletes) 1          
Genus Serpula (Bot) (a genus of resupinate boletes) 1 3       3
Family SUILLACEAE (Singer) Besl & Bresinsky, 1997 (a family of boletes) 10          
Genus Suillus Gray, 1821 (a genus of boletes) 10 77 13 7 7 10
Family TAPINELLACEAE (a family of boletes) 3 15 12   3 4

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Gruppo Micologico <<G. Bresadola>> di Trento - image gallery: http://www.mtsn.tn.it/bresadola/gallery_index.asp Gruppo Micologico <<G. Bresadola>> di Trento - image gallery
Boletales.com: http://boletales.com/ Boletales.com
Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1991 (Good selection of species covered, but most are also illustrated elsewhere. The critical group of Xerocomus is given an old-fashioned teatment with the more recently-described taxa not included.) Boletes & Agarics I
Henderson, D.M., Orton, P.D. & Watling, R., 1969 Agarics and Boleti - Introduction
McAdam, A., 2007 Keys to the genera of Agarics and Boletes

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 37 general literature references to BOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives)

BOLETALES may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Fungi sl.

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 564 feeding and other relationships of BOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives)

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