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Thelephorales
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Thelephorales

The Thelephorales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. The order includes corticioid and hydnoid fungi, together with a few polypores and clavarioid species. Most fungi within the Thelephorales are ectomycorrhizal. None is of any great economic importance, though Sarcodon imbricatus is edible and commercially marketed, whilst several species have been used for craft dyeing.

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6 branches of this order, most-observed first

Boletopsidaceae

familyBoletopsidaceae

Thelephoraceae

familyThelephoraceae

Bankeraceae

familyBankeraceae

Polyozellaceae

familyPolyozellaceae

Lenzitopsidaceae

familyLenzitopsidaceae

Tomentellopsidaceae

familyTomentellopsidaceae

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