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Russulales
The Russulales are an order of the Agaricomycetes, (which include the agaric genera Russula and Lactarius and their polyporoid and corticioid relatives). According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the order consists of 12 families, 80 genera, and 1767 species. According to Species Fungorum (January 2016), the order contains 13 families, 117 genera (16 not assigned to a family), and 3,060 species.
21 branches of this order, most-observed first
Milkcaps, Brittlegills and Allies
familyRussulaceae
Stereaceae
familyStereaceae
Auriscalpiaceae
familyAuriscalpiaceae
Tooth Fungi
familyHericiaceae
Peniophoraceae
familyPeniophoraceae
Bondarzewiaceae
familyBondarzewiaceae
Albatrellaceae
familyAlbatrellaceae
Lachnocladiaceae
familyLachnocladiaceae
Echinodontiaceae
familyEchinodontiaceae
Aleurocystidiellaceae
familyAleurocystidiellaceae
Gloeocystidiellaceae
familyGloeocystidiellaceae
Amylostereaceae
familyAmylostereaceae
Wrightoporiaceae
familyWrightoporiaceae
Gloeodontiaceae
familyGloeodontiaceae
Russulales sp. 'CA01'
speciesRussulales sp. 'CA01'
Gloeohypochnicium
genusGloeohypochnicium
Confertobasidium
genusConfertobasidium
Dentipellopsis
genusDentipellopsis
Scopulodontia
genusScopulodontia
Perplexostereum
genusPerplexostereum
Gloeoasterostroma
genusGloeoasterostroma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48341.