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Agaricales is an order of basidiomycotic fungi. Many of the familiar mushrooms and toadstools are found in this order which includes the genera Agaricus, Amanita, Armillaria, Coprinus, Lentinula and Omphalina.

Agaricaceae

Agaricaceae is a family of fungi that contains about 50 genera including Agaricus, the mushrooms.

Bolbitiaceae

Bolbitiaceae is a family of fungi that contains about 15 genera.

Clavariaceae

Clavariaceae is a family of fungi which contains the 7 genera Clavaria, Clavulinopsis, Macrotyphula, Multiclavula, Ramariopsis, Scytinopogon and Setigeroclavula, members of which include club fungi, coral fungi and antler fungi.

Crepidotaceae

Bracket fungi and others.

Entolomataceae

Entolomataceae is a family of fungi that includes the genera Calliderma, Clitopilus, Entoloma, Leptonia, Rhodocybe, Rhodocybella, Rhodogaster and Richoniella.

Hydnangiaceae

Family of fungi in the order Agaricales.

Hygrophoraceae

Hygrophoraceae is a family of agaric fungi, members of which often have few gills and waxy caps. It contains the 2 genera Camarophyllopsis and Hygrophorus.

Lycoperdaceae

Lycoperdaceae is a family of fungi which contains 10 genera including the genera Vascellum, Calvatia and Lycoperdon, the puffballs.

Marasmiaceae

Marasmiaceae is a family of fungi that contains about 40 genera including Armillaria.

Mycenaceae

Family of fungi in the order Agaricales.

Nidulariaceae

Nidularaceae is a family of fungi that contains the genera Nidula, Nidularia, Crucibulum, Cyathus and Mycocalia.

Omphalotaceae

Omphalotaceae is a family of fungi that contains the single genus Omphalotus.

Pleurotaceae

Pleurotaceae is a family of fungi that contains the 4 genera Agaricochaete, Geopetalum, Hohenbuehelia and Pleurotus, the oyster mushroom.

Pluteaceae

category description added 21 nov 2004

This category contains links to generic level information to the genera Amanita, Limacella, Amarrendia, and Torrendia. The first level of subcategories consist of the genera. Under each genus, the subcategories presented are the species. Supraspecific taxa can be somewhat fluid at present and links will be found to these within the genus level categories.

Psathyrellaceae

Family of fungi that used to be classified as Coprinaceae.

Schizophyllaceae

Schizophyllaceae is a family of fungi that contains the 4 genera Auriculariopsis, Henningsomyces, Rectipilus and Schizophyllum.

Strophariaceae

Strophariaceae is a family of fungi that contains 11 genera.

Tricholomataceae

Tricholomataceae is a family of Fungi that contains over 100 genera and seems to include any white-, yellow-, or pink-spored genus in the Agaricales not already classified in another family.

Typhulaceae

Fungi included in this family.

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