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Gloeophyllaceae

Gloeophyllaceae

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Fungi
Subkingdom:	Dikarya
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Subphylum:	Agaricomycotina
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Gloeophyllales
Family:	Gloeophyllaceae

Genera

Gloeophyllum
Heliocybe
Neolentinus
Veluticeps

Gloeophyllaceae is now a phylogenetically defined family of wood-decay fungi that is characterized by the ability to produce a brown rot of wood.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It is classified in an identically defined order, the Gloeophyllales.

References

^ Hibbett, D.S. & Donoghue, M.J. (2001). "Analysis of character correlations among wood decay mechanisms, mating systems, and substrate ranges in Homobasidiomycetes". Syst. Biol. 50: 215-242.
^ Hibbett, D.S. et al. (2007). "A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi". Mycol. Res. 111: 509-547.
^ Hibbett, D.S. & Binder, M. (2002). "Evolution of complex fruiting-body morphologies in homobasidiomycetes". Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 269: 1963-1969.
^ Binder, M. et al. (2005). "The phylogenetic distribution of resupinate forms across the major clades of mushroom-forming fungi (Homobasidiomycetes)". Syst. Biodivers. 3: 113-157.