Fungalpedia – Note 2411, Thelephoraceae

 

Thelephoraceae Chevall 

Citation when using this data: Yuan HS et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Basidiomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

Classification: Thelephorales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi

Thelephoraceae was introduced by Chevall (1826), with the type genus Thelephora Ehrh. ex Willd. It is the most important family in the Thelephorales, as many species in the family play an important role forming ectomycorrhizal associations in forests from temperate to tropical zones (Jakucs and Erős-Honti 2008; Peay et al. 2010; Tedersoo et al. 2010; Gao et al. 2014). Currently around 12 genera and 171 species are accomodated in the family (Kirk et al. 2008).

Type genus: Thelephora Ehrh. ex Willd., Fl. berol. prodr.: 396 (1787).

 

References

Chevallier FF 1826 – Flore Générale des Environs de Paris. 1. Paris, France: Ferra Jeune. p. 102.

Gao C, Zhang Y, Shi NN, Zheng Y, Chen L, Wubet T, Bruelheide H, Both S, Buscot F, Ding Q, Erfmeier A, Kühn P, Nadrowski K, Scholten T, Guo LD 2014 – Community assembly of ectomycorrhizal fungi along a subtropical secondary forest succession. New Phytol 205:771–785.

Jakucs E, Erős-Honti Z 2008 – Morphological-anatomical characterization and identification of Tomentella ectomycorrhizas. Mycorrhiza 18:277–285.

Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA 2008 – Ainsworth & Bisby’s dictionary of the fungi, 10th edn. CAB International, Wallingford.

Peay KG, Kennedy PG, Davies SJ, Tan S, Bruns TD 2010 – Potential link between plant and fungal distributions in a dipterocarp rainforest: community and phylogenetic structure of tropical ectomycorrhizal fungi across a plant and soil ecotone. New Phytol 185:529–542.

Tedersoo L, May TW, Smith ME 2010 – Ectomycorrhizal lifestyle in fungi: global diversity, distribution, and evolution of phylogenetic lineages. Mycorrhiza 20:217–263.

 

Entry by

Hai-Sheng Yuan, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, People’s Republic of China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

 

Published online 5 May 2026

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