HERICIACEAE Donk
(a family of lignicolous tooth fungi)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Dentipellis fragilis
a basidiomycete fungus
Species 1 ident. refs
Hericium
a genus of tooth fungi
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 41 images 12 ident. refs
Laxitextum bicolor
a basidiomycete fungus
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyHERICIACEAE (a family of lignicolous tooth fungi)
OrderRUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Stalpers, J.A. 1996 The aphyllophoraceous fungi II. Keys to the species of the Hericiales Stud. Mycol. No. 40.

HERICIACEAE (a family of lignicolous tooth fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HERICIACEAE (a family of lignicolous tooth fungi)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 25 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HERICIACEAE (a family of lignicolous tooth fungi)
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