Sparassidaceae
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| Sparassidaceae | |
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| Sparassis crispa, edible member of the Sparassidaceae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Sparassidaceae Herter (1910) |
| Type genus | |
| Sparassis Fr. (1819) | |
| Genera | |
The Sparassidaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscribed by German botanist Wilhelm Herter in 1910 to contain the genus Sparassis.[1] Sparassiella was added to the family in 1964.[2] As of April 2018[update], Index Fungorum accepts 10 species in the Sparassidaceae.[3]
