Bankeraceae

The Bankeraceae are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. Taxa are terrestrial, and ectomycorrhizal with plant species in families such as Pinaceae or Fagaceae.^[1] The family was circumscribed by Marinus Anton Donk in 1961.^[2] According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 6 genera and 98 species.^[3]

Bankeraceae
Hydnellum aurantiacum, a member of the family Bankeraceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Thelephorales
Family:	Bankeraceae Donk (1961)
Type genus
Bankera Coker & Beers ex Pouzar (1955)
Genera
See text

Genera

The family consists of the following genera:

• Bankera
• Boletopsis
• Corneroporus
• Hydnellum
• Neosarcodon
• Phellodon
• Sarcodon