Paxillaceae

Taxobox | name = Paxillaceae
regnum = Fungi


image_caption = "Gyrodon lividus"
phylum = Basidiomycota
classis = Basidiomycetes
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Paxillaceae
familia_authority = MaireThe Paxillaceae is a family of mushrooms bearing close affinity to the Boletes. It contains the genera "Paxillus", containing fungi with decurrent gills, and "Gyrodon", which has members with decurrent pores, among others. French mycologist René Maire had erected the family in 1902, placing it between the agarics and boletes and recognizing the groups' similarities with the latter group. [fr iconcite journal |last=Maire |first=R|year=1902|title=Recherches cytologiques et taxonomiques sur les Basidiomycetes. |journal=Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr |volume=18 |issue=supplement |pages=1–212] More recent molecular research confirms the relations of "Gyrodon", with the decurrent-pored mushroom "G. lividus", and "Paxillus" as sister groups, together lying near the base of a tree from which the genus "Boletus" arises. [cite journal |author=Kretzer A, Bruns TD |year=1999 |title=Use of atp6 in fungal phylogenetics: an example from the Boletales |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=483–92 |id= |url=http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/~bruns/ftp/kretzer1999.pdf|format=PDF |accessdate=2008-03-11 |doi=10.1006/mpev.1999.0680]

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