Porotheleaceae
Family of fungi
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The Porotheleaceae are a family of saprotrophic, mainly wood-decay fungi in the order Agaricales that are primarily agarics, but also include cyphelloid fungi. The family has been informally cited in the literature as the 'hydropoid' clade.[1][2] The type genus, Porotheleum, was placed in the phylogenetically defined clade in 2002,[1] but the clade was more strongly supported in 2006,[2] although without including Porotheleum. Its sister group is the Cyphellaceae, both of which are in the 'marasmioid clade'.[2] Some included taxa are cultivated by ants.[1] More recently, the family has been recognized in three analyses that included Porotheleum.[3][4][5]
| Porotheleaceae | |
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| Phloeomana speirea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Suborder: | Marasmineae |
| Family: | Porotheleaceae Murrill (1916) |
| Type genus | |
| Porotheleum Fr. (1818) | |
| Genera | |
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