Lachnocladiaceae

Lachnocladiaceae
	Lachnocladium schweinfurthianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Lachnocladiaceae; D.A.Reid (1965)
Type genus
	Lachnocladium; Lév. (1846)
Genera
	Asterostroma; Dichantharellus; Dichopleuropus; Dichostereum; Lachnocladium; Scytinostroma; Vararia
Synonyms[1]
	Dicantharellaceae Jülich (1982) Dichostereaceae Jülich (1981)

The Lachnocladiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Russulales. A 2008 estimate places 124 species in 8 genera in the Lachnocladiaceae.[1] Species of this family, which have a widespread distribution in both tropical and temperate zones, are typically found on decaying coniferous or deciduous wood.[2] The family was circumscribed by British mycologist Derek Reid in 1965.[3]

References

Kirk MP, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 357. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. pp. 180–181. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.
Reid DA. (1965). A Monograph of the Stipitate Stereoid Fungi. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. 18. p. 45.

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[Kirk_2008-1] Kirk MP, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 357. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.

[Cannon_2007-2] Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. pp. 180–181. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.

[Reid_1965-3] Reid DA. (1965). A Monograph of the Stipitate Stereoid Fungi. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. 18. p. 45.