Agaricales
- Agaricaceae
Large family including many familiar mushrooms.
- Tricholomataceae
A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales.
- Hydnaceae
Tooth fungi.
- Strophariaceae
Sometimes included in family Agaricaceae.
- Lepiotaceae
A family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the st...
- Thelephoraceae
Fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores.
- Pluteaceae
A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales.
- Clavariaceae
Fleshy fungi: coral fungi.
- Entolomataceae
A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales.
- Volvariaceae
A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales.
- Coprinaceae
Used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus.
- Russulaceae
Used in some classification systems for the genus Russula.
Lichenes
- Usneaceae
Fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia,...
- Parmeliaceae
A family of lichens.
- Lecanoraceae
A fungus family of the division Lichenes.
- Roccellaceae
A fungus family of division Lichenes.
- Pertusariaceae
A fungus family of division Lichenes.
- Cladoniaceae
A family of lichens.
Sphaeriales
- Hypocreaceae
Family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed...
- Xylariaceae
Family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores.
- Sphaeriaceae
Parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia.
- Ceratostomataceae
Fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks.
Peronosporales
- Peronosporaceae
Parasitic fungi: downy mildews.
- Pythiaceae
Fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching...
- Albuginaceae
Fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants.
Pezizales
- Helvellaceae
Family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous.
- Pezizaceae
Large family comprising many typical cup fungi.
- Sarcoscyphaceae
Family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales.
Phallales
- Phallaceae
A family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorn...
- Clathraceae
Family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns.
Lycoperdales
- Geastraceae
A family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales.
- Lycoperdaceae
A fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs.
Helotiales
- Sclerotiniaceae
A fungus family of order Helotiales.
- Helotiaceae
A fungus family of order Helotiales.
Sclerodermatales
- Sclerodermataceae
A family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes...
- Tulostomaceae
Stalked puffballs.
Endomycetales
- Saccharomycetaceae
Family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment...
- Schizosaccharomycetaceae
A family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales.
Chytridiales
- Synchytriaceae
A fungus family of order Chytridiales.
- Chytridiaceae
A family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales.
Also contains
- Morchellaceae
A family of edible fungi including the true morels.
- Calostomataceae
A family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales.
- Rhizopogonaceae
A family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophore...
- Mucoraceae
Large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive...
- Aspergillaceae
Family of fungi including some common molds.
- Plasmodiophoraceae
Family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants.
- Tuberaceae
Family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn...
- Erysiphaceae
Family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews.
- Entomophthoraceae
Mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects.
- Blastodiaceae
A family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales.