| Russulales | |
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| Russula emetica | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Subclass: | incertae sedis |
| Order: | Russulales Kreisel exP.M.Kirk,P.F.Cannon &J.C.David (2001) |
| Families | |
Albatrellaceae | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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TheRussulales are anorder of theAgaricomycetes, (which include theagaric generaRussula andLactarius and theirpolyporoid and corticioid relatives). Based on 2025 data, the order includes 12families, 102 genera and approximately 3.400 species.[2]
Russuloid agarics represent an independent evolutionary line of agarics, not directly related to theAgaricales.
This group also includes a number of russuloidhypogeous fungi,polypores such asBondarzewia, sometooth fungi (e.g.Auriscalpium vulgare), andclub fungi e.g.Artomyces.[3]Basidiospores in this group are typically ornamented withamyloid warts orreticulation but a few exceptions are known, e.g.Heterobasidion annosum. The genusClavicorona was often treated in the Russulales, but itstype species,C. taxophila, is in theAgaricales. The remaining species are retained in the Russulales in the genusArtomyces.[4]
There are several genera classified in the Russulales that are i) poorly known, ii) have not been subjected to DNA analysis, or iii) if analysed phylogenetically do not group with as yet named or identified families, and have not been assigned to a specific family (i.e.,Incertae sedis with respect to familial placement). These include:
