Auriculariales

Auriculariales
Auricularia auricula-judae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Auriculariales J. Schröt. (1889)
Families
Auriculariaceae Heteroscyphaceae Hyaloriaceae Oliveoniaceae Patouillardinaceae genera incertae sedis (no family) Adustochaete Aporpium Atractobasidium Basidiodendron Bourdotia Ceratosebacina Crystallodon Dendrogloeon Ductifera Endoperplexa Gelacantha Grammatus Guepinia Hauerslevia Heterorepetobasidium Heteroscypha Hyalodon Hydrophana Metabourdotia Metulochaete Mycostilla Myxariellum Ofella Ovipoculum Patouillardina Porpopycnis[1] Proterochaete Protoacia Protodontia Protohydnum Protomerulius Protoradulum Pseudohydnum Psilochaete Renatobasidium Stypella Stypellopsis
Synonyms
Aporpiales Bond. & M. Bond. (1960) Exidiales R.T. Moore (1996)

The Auriculariales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. Species within the order were formerly referred to the "heterobasidiomycetes" or "jelly fungi", since many have gelatinous basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that produce spores on septate basidia. Around 200 species are known worldwide, placed in six or more families, though the status of these families is currently uncertain. All species in the Auriculariales are believed to be saprotrophic, most growing on dead wood. Fruit bodies of several Auricularia species are cultivated for food on a commercial scale, especially in China.