Polyporales

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
CYSTOSTEREACEAE a fungus		Family	2 subtaxa		3 ident. refs
FIBROPORIACEAE a family of fungi		Family	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
	Fibroporia	Genus	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
FOMITOPSIDACEAE a family of bracket fungi		Family	19 subtaxa	279 images	24 ident. refs
GANODERMATACEAE a family of bracket fungi		Family	6 subtaxa	133 images	13 ident. refs
IRPICACEAE a family of fungi		Family	1 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
	Trametopsis	Genus	1 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
Lentoporia carbonica a bracket fungus		Species			1 ident. refs
MERIPILACEAE giant polypores		Family	5 subtaxa	132 images	6 ident. refs
MERULIACEAE rosette fungi		Family	37 subtaxa	452 images	56 ident. refs
PHANEROCHAETACEAE a family of polypores		Family	21 subtaxa	88 images	27 ident. refs
POLYPORACEAE a family of polypores		Family	35 subtaxa	407 images	38 ident. refs
SPARASSIDACEAE cauliflower fungi		Family	2 subtaxa	21 images	1 ident. refs
	Sparassis a genus of fungi	Genus	2 subtaxa	21 images	1 ident. refs
STEREOPSIDACEAE a family of fungi		Family	2 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
	Stereopsis a genus of fungi	Genus	2 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
XENASMATACEAE a family of polypores		Family	4 subtaxa	6 images	7 ident. refs

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Bernicchia, A.	2005	Polyporaceae s.l.	Fungi Europaei, Vol 10, 806pp, Candusso - Alssio
	Bourdot, H. & Galzin, A.	1927	Hymenomycetes de France: Hetérobasidiés -- Homobasidiés Gymnocarpes	Contribution à la flora mycologique de la Frane, 1, 761pp, Société Mycologique de France
	Ellis, M.B. & J.P.	1990	Fungi without gills (Hymenomycetes and Gasteromycetes) an identification handbook	329pp, Chapman and Hall
	Pegler, D.N.	1966	* Key to the Genera of Polyporaceae *(Superseded)	BMSNB Vol 26: 14-28.
	Ryvarden, L. & Gilbertson, R.L.	1993	European Polypores (2 vols)	Synopsis Fungorum, 6 and 7, 743pp, Fungiflora
	Stalpers, J.A.	1978	Identification of wood-inhabiting Aphyllophorales in pure culture	Stud. Mycol. 16.
Polypores
	Ryvarden, L.	1976	* The Polyporaceae of Northern Europe (2 vols) *(Superseded)	Synopsis Fungorum, 1 and 2, 507pp, Fungiflora

POLYPORALES (polypores) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for POLYPORALES (polypores)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2,025 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for POLYPORALES (polypores)

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Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

POLYPORALES Gäum.
(polypores)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

POLYPORALES is also a member of:

Identification Works

Polypores

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