Strobilomycetaceae

Taxobox
name = "Strobilomycetaceae"


image_width = 160px
image_caption = "Strobilomyces strobilaceus"
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
ordo = Boletales
familia = Strobilomycetaceae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Strobilomyces" "Boletellus" ... "(see text)"

Strobilomycetaceae is a family of fleshy pore-bearing fungi in the order Boletales, first defined by E. J. Gilbert in 1931. [http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjb/1967/37.php McNabb R.F.R. (1967) The Strobilomycetaceae of New Zealand] gives a history of the family.] However it is not recognized in all systems of classification; those authorities which do not regard this group of mushrooms as a separate family assign them to the Boletaceae. [See entry in [http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/genusrecord.asp?RecordID=18608 Index Fungorum] . ]

Originally Strobilomycetaceae just consisted of the type genus "Strobilomyces" and the genus "Boletellus". Later the work of Rolf Singer gained more acceptance for the family and added "Porphyrellus" and also "Phylloboletellus" (whose members have gills rather than pores). Some authorities include even more genera; for instance [http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/fungi/cat/ the Interactive Catalogue of Australian Fungi] [May, T.W., Milne, J., Wood, A.E., Shingles, S., Jones, R.H. & Neish, P. (2007). Interactive Catalogue of Australian Fungi. Version 2.0. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra / Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/fungi/cat/ [accessed 05 Feb 2007] .] also includes "Austroboletus", "Chalciporus", "Fistulinella", "Gastrotylopilus", "Rubinoboletus", and "Tylopilus" in Strobilomycetaceae . The relatively common genus "Tylopilus" has intermediate characteristics which create something of a problem for those who wish to define a separation of the two families. [ See introduction to S.-Z. Fu, Q.-B. Wang & Y.-J. Yao (2006) "Tylopilus microsporus,a new species from Southwest China", [http://www.im.ac.cn/UserFiles/File/2006%20Fu+%20Tylopilus%20microsporus%20sp%20nov%5B1%5D.%20My.pdf web page] .] On the other hand a DNA study by Høiland K. (1987) [Høiland, K. (1987) "A new approach to the phylogeny of the order Boletales (Basidiomycotina)" - Nord. J. Bot. 7: 705-718. See [http://folk.uio.no/klaush/boletale.htm this web page] for more details. ] indicates that "Strobilomyces" is only distantly related to more familiar boletes such as "Suillus".

Singer defined Strobilomycetaceae by:
*the habit of the fruiting body, with a slender cylindrical stipe and a strongly convex cap,
*surface markings of the stipe,
*distinctive spore print colour (but species with olivaceous spores occur both in this group and in Boletaceae),
*large spores which are often ornamented,
*voluminous basidia and cystidia, and
*hymenophoral trama of "Boletus" subtype.

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