- Boletinellaceae
Taxobox
name = Boletinellaceae
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regnum =Fungi
divisio =Basidiomycota
classis =Agaricomycetes
ordo =Boletales
familia = Boletinellaceae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =See textBoletinellaceae is a small family of
mushrooms , primarily characterized by smallpore s on the underside of themushroom rather thangills . Though in the orderBoletales , new research shows they andGyroporaceae are more closely related to earthballs ofSclerodermataceae thanBoletaceae [Binder M & Bresinsky A. (2002): Derivation of polymorphic lineage of Gasteromycetes from boletoid ancestors. "Mycologia" 94(1), 85-98] .Genera include "
Boletinellus " and "Phlebopus ", the latter genus showing someGondwana n distribution found inAustralia ,Sri Lanka and elsewhere. It contains the gigantic "Phlebopus marginatus ", the cap of which can reach 1 metre in diameter.Footnotes
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