Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Order Agaricales | Division Basidiomycota Rank Family | |
Similar Agaricales, Pterulaceae, Cyphellaceae, Echinodontiaceae, Tapinellaceae | ||
The Stephanosporaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. Species in the family, known from Eurasia and New Zealand, grow on the ground with rotting wood or plant debris. As of March 2015, Index Fungorum lists 8 genera and 35 species in the family. Stephanosporaceae was circumscribed in 1979 by mycologists Franz Oberwinkler and Egon Horak.
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