The Radulomycetaceae are a
family
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of
fungi
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in the order
Agaricales
The Agaricales are an order (biology), order of fungi in the division (mycology), division Basidiomycota. As originally conceived, the order contained all the agarics (gilled mushrooms), but subsequent research has shown that not all agarics are ...
.
The family was introduced in 2020 based on
phylogenetic
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analysis and incorporates the genera ''
Aphanobasidium
''Aphanobasidium'' is a genus of corticioid or crust fungi in the Radulomycetaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains several species. This genus was formally considered to be part of the ''Pterulaceae'' family.
A maj ...
'', ''
Radulomyces
''Radulomyces'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Radulomycetaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 11 species. It was circumscribed by Danish botanist Mads Peter Christiansen in 1960, with '' Radulomyces confluens'' a ...
'' and ''
Radulotubus
''Radulotubus'' is a monotypic genus of corticioid or crust fungi in the family Radulomycetaceae containing the single resupinate species ''Radulotubus resupinatus.'' This species was found in Yunnan province, China and formally classified in 2 ...
''.
Taxonomy
Radulomycetaceae was
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* Circum ...
by the mycologists
Caio A. Leal-Dutra,
Bryn Tjader Mason Dentinger
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...
and
Gareth W. Griffith in 2020.
Etymology
the family name ''Radulomycetaceae'' is derived from the name of the
type genus
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Zoological nomenclature
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, ''
Radulomyces
''Radulomyces'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Radulomycetaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 11 species. It was circumscribed by Danish botanist Mads Peter Christiansen in 1960, with '' Radulomyces confluens'' a ...
.''
See also
*
List of Agaricales families
The Agaricales are an order (biology), order of fungus, fungi in the class Agaricomycetes (division Basidiomycota). It is the largest group of mushroom-forming fungi, and includes more than 600 genus, genera and over 25,000 species. Molecular, Mol ...
References
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Agaricales
Agaricales families
Taxa described in 2020