Botryobasidiaceae

The Botryobasidiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Cantharellales. The family contains a group of corticioid fungi that form thin, web-like basidiocarps. Some species form asexual anamorphs producing chlamydospores. All are believed to be wood-rotting or litter-rotting saprotrophs. None is known to be of any economic importance.

Botryobasidiaceae
Botryobasidium subcoronatum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Cantharellales
Family: Botryobasidiaceae
(Parm.) Jülich (1982)
Genera

Botryobasidium
Suillosporium

Synonyms

Botryobasidioideae Parm. (1968)
Botryohypochnoideae Parm. (1968)
Botryohypochnaceae (Parm.) Jülich (1982)

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