Hydnangiaceae

Hydnangiaceae
Laccaria amethystina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hydnangiaceae
Gäum. & C.W.Dodge (1928)
Type genus
Hydnangium
Wallr. (1839)
Genera

Hydnangium
Laccaria
Maccagnia
Podohydnangium

The Hydnangiaceae are a family of fungi in the mushroom order Agaricales. Widespread in temperate and tropical regions throughout the world, the family contains about 30 species in four genera.[1] Species in the Hydnangiaceae form ectomycorrhizal relationships with various species of trees in both coniferous and deciduous forests.[2]

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