Order

Polyporales (Shelf fungi)

Merulius tremellosus. Photo: (c) mycowalt, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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The Polyporales are an order of about 1800 species of fungi in the division Basidiomycota. The order includes some (but not all) polypores as well as many corticioid fungi and a few agarics (mainly in the genus Lentinus). Many species within the order are saprotrophic, most of them wood-rotters. Some genera, such as Ganoderma and Fomes, contain species that attack living tissues and then continue to degrade the wood of their dead hosts. Those of economic…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Order: Polyporales (Shelf fungi)
        Family: Polyporaceae (Bracket fungi) (18)
        Family: Irpicaceae (6)
        Family: Incrustoporiaceae (2)
        Family: Laetiporaceae (2)
        Family: Fomitopsidaceae (Bracket polypores) (11)
        Family: Postiaceae (2)
        Family: Phanerochaetaceae (3)
        Family: Meruliaceae (4)
        Family: Dacryobolaceae (1)
        Family: Phaeolaceae (1)
        Family: Laricifomitaceae (1)
        Family: Sparassidaceae (Cauliflower fungi and allies) (1)
        Family: Podoscyphaceae (1)
        Family: Panaceae (1)
        Family: Steccherinaceae (1)
        Family: Cerrenaceae (1)

Subtaxa

Family: Polyporaceae (Bracket fungi)

Family: Irpicaceae

Family: Incrustoporiaceae

Family: Laetiporaceae

Family: Fomitopsidaceae (Bracket polypores)

Family: Postiaceae

Family: Phanerochaetaceae

Family: Meruliaceae

Family: Dacryobolaceae

Family: Phaeolaceae

Family: Laricifomitaceae

Family: Sparassidaceae (Cauliflower fungi and allies)

Family: Podoscyphaceae

Family: Panaceae

Family: Steccherinaceae

Family: Cerrenaceae

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