Fungalpedia – Note 2410, Thelephorales

 

Thelephorales Corner ex Oberw.

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

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

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

The order was erected by Oberwinkler (1976), based on Thelephoraceae ss. Stalpers. The Thelephorales is composed of two families: Thelephoraceae and Bankeraceae ss. Stalpers (Stalpers 1993; most species in this order are considered to be ectomycorrhizal (Agerer 1987-2008, 1995; Taylor and Bruns 1997; Erland and Taylor 1999; Kõljalg et al. 2000). Currently around 18 genera and 269 species are accepted in the order (Kirk et al. 2008).

 

References

Agerer R (1987–2008) – Colour atlas of ectomycorrhizae. 1st–14th delivery. Einhorn, Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Agerer R 1995 – Ectomycorrhizae of Tomentella albomarginata (Thelephoraceae) on Scots pine. Mycorrhiza 6:1–7.

Erland S, Taylor AFS 1999 – Resupinate ectomycorrhizal fungal genera. In: Cairney JWG, Chambers SM, eds. Ectomycorrhizal fungi key genera in profile. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp 347–363.

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

Kõljalg U, Dahlberg A, Taylor AFS, Larsson E, Hallenberg N, Stenlid J, Larsson KH, Fransson PM, Kårén O, Jonsson L 2000 – Diversity and abundance of resupinate thelephoroid fungi as ectomycorrhizal symbionts in Swedish boreal forests. Mol Ecol 9:1985–1996.

Oberwinkler F 1976 –Eine agaricoide Gattung der Thelephorales. Sydowia 28:359–361.

Stalpers JA 1993 – The aphyllophoralous fungi 1. Key to the species of the Thelephorales. Stud Mycol 35:1–168.

Taylor DL, Bruns TD 1997 – Independent, specialized invasions of ectomycorrhizal mutualism by two nonphotosynthetic orchids. P NATL ACAD SCI USA 94:4510–4515.

 

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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