Stereaceae

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Stereum is the type genus of the Stereaceae family of fungi, in the Russulales order. Common names for species of this genus include leaf fungus, wax fungus, and shelf fungus. Fungi having a shape similar to a Stereum are said to have a stereoid shape. Stereum contains 27 species that have a widespread distribution.

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The Stereaceae are a family of corticioid fungi in the Russulales order. Species in the family have a widespread distribution, are lignicolous or terrestrial (in leaf litter), and typically saprobic. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi, the family contains 22 genera and 125 species.

Xylobolus is a genus of fungi in the Stereaceae family. The Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008) estimated the genus to contain three widely distributed species; another, X. thoenii, was added in 2011. The genus was circumscribed by Petter Karsten in 1881.

Acanthobasidium is a genus of fungi in the Stereaceae family. The genus, which contains three species found in Europe, was circumscribed by mycologist Franz Oberwinkler in 1966.

Aleurodiscus is a genus of corticioid fungi in the family Stereaceae.

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Conferticium is a genus of fungi in the Stereaceae family.

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Acanthophysellum is a genus of fungus belonging to the family Stereaceae.

thumb | right | alt=Acanthophyllum mucronatum | Acanthophyllum mucronatum Acanthophysium is a genus of fungi in the Stereaceae family. The widespread genus, which contains about 20 species, was circumscribed by New Zealand mycologist Gordon Herriot Cunningham in 1963.

Aleurocystis is a genus of fungi in the Stereaceae family. The widely distributed genus contains three species. Aleurocystis was circumscribed by the New Zealand-based mycologist Gordon Herriot Cunningham in 1956.

Gloeocystidiopsis is a genus of fungi in the Peniophoraceae family. Based on 2025 data, it includes two species:

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Amylofungus is a genus of fungi in the Peniophoraceae family. Based on 2025 data, it includes 2 species:

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Megalocystidium is a genus of fungi in the Stereaceae family.

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Acanthofungus is a genus of fungi in the Stereaceae family. The widely distributed genus was circumscribed in 2000.

Amylosporomyces is a genus of fungi in the Stereaceae family.

Scytinostromella is a genus of crust fungi in the Stereaceae family. The widespread genus contains five species. The genus was circumscribed by Estonian mycologist Erast Parmasto in 1968, who set Peniophora heterogenea as the type species. Characteristic features of the genus include dimitic hyphae, spores that are both amyloid and asperulate (roughened by many small points or warts), and the presence of cystidia and rhizomorphic strands.

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Pseudoxenasma is a fungal genus in the family Russulaceae, described in 1976. The genus is monotypic and contains the single species Pseudoxenasma verrucisporum, found in Sweden.