Families in the Aphyllophorales:
Auriscalpiaceae, Cantharellaceae, Clavariaceae, Corticiaceae, Echinodontiaceae, Fistulinaceae, Ganodermataceae, Gomphaceae, Hericiaceae, Hydnaceae, Hymenochaetaceae, Meruliaceae, Polyporaceae, Schizophyllaceae, Sparassidaceae; Stereaceae, Thelephoraceae
Echinodontiaceae:
n our area, basidiocarp tough and woody; dimitic with skeletal;
hymenophore in the form of teeth which have rounded apices; smooth,
hyaline, amyloid. Echinodontium tinctorium. Typically causes
a heartrot of live conifers, particularly species of Abies above
3000 feet. The basidiomes have a rusty-red context and are used
as a dye source.
Auriscalpiaceae:
in California most typically characterized by a basidiocarp with
a laterally attached stipe, a spinose hymenophore, a woody consistency,
and a habitat growing out of conifer cones; pileus hirsute; dimitic;
gloeocystidia darkening in sulpho-aldehyde; spores amyloid, minutely
echinulate.
Mucronella.
Lignicolous. basidiomes consist of either solitary spines or a
cluster of spines originating from a mass of tissue; the spines
are positively geotrophic; monomitic; spores colorless, smooth,
and inamyloid. Corner places this genus in the Clavariaceae? Do
you agree?
classification for Basidiomycotina
rusts and smuts, jelly fungi (tremellales), jelly fungi (dacrymycetales), agaricales, aphyllophorales, gasteromycetes
genus and species
introductory features for Basidiomycotina