Class

Agaricomycetes

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The Agaricomycetes are a class of fungi in the division Basidiomycota. The taxon is roughly identical to that defined for the Homobasidiomycetes (alternatively called holobasidiomycetes) by Hibbett & Thorn, with the inclusion of Auriculariales and Sebacinales. It includes not only mushroom-forming fungi, but also most species placed in the deprecated taxa Gasteromycetes and Homobasidiomycetes. Within the subdivision Agaricomycotina, which already excludes the smut and rust fungi, the Agaricomycetes can be further defined by the exclusion of

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Order: Hymenochaetales (23)
        Order: Polyporales (Shelf fungi) (56)
        Order: Thelephorales (22)
        Order: Russulales (97)
        Subclass: Phallomycetidae (38)
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (717)
        Order: Auriculariales (6)
        Order: Cantharellales (20)
        Order: Corticiales (2)
        Order: Gloeophyllales (3)
        Order: Tremellodendropsidales (1)

Subtaxa

Order: Hymenochaetales

Order: Polyporales (Shelf fungi)

Order: Thelephorales

Order: Russulales

Subclass: Phallomycetidae

Subclass: Agaricomycetidae

Order: Auriculariales

Order: Cantharellales

Order: Corticiales

Order: Gloeophyllales

Order: Tremellodendropsidales

Where in Humboldt

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