Bankeraceae
Family of fungi
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The Bankeraceae are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. Taxa are terrestrial, and ectomycorrhizal with plant species in families such as Pinaceae or Fagaceae.[1] The family was circumscribed by Marinus Anton Donk in 1961.[2] According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 6 genera and 98 species.[3]
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| Bankeraceae | |
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| Hydnellum aurantiacum, a member of the family Bankeraceae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Thelephorales |
| Family: | Bankeraceae Donk (1961) |
| Type genus | |
| Bankera | |
| Genera | |
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Genera
The family consists of the following genera:
- Bankera
- Boletopsis
- Corneroporus
- Hydnellum
- Neosarcodon
- Phellodon
- Sarcodon
