Clavariadelphaceae

Clavariadelphaceae
Clavariadelphus ligula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Gomphales
Family:	Clavariadelphaceae Corner
Type genus
Clavariadelphus Donk
Genera
Beenakia Clavariadelphus

The Clavariadelphaceae are a family of fungi belonging in what is classically known as the Gomphales order, or cladistically as the gomphoid-phalloid clade. First described by British botanist E.J.H. Corner in 1970,^[1] the family has 2 genera and 26 species.^[2]

References

1. ^ Corner EJH. (1970). "Supplement to 'A monograph of Clavaria and allied genera'". Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 33: 6. 
2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. 10th ed. Wallingford: CABI. p. 149. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.