The Oliveoniaceae are a family of fungi in the order Auriculariales. Species form thin, effused, corticioid basidiocarps (fruit bodies) with aseptate basidia producing basidiospores that give rise to secondary spores. All species are believed to be saprotrophic, most growing on dead wood.[1]

Oliveoniaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Auriculariales
Family: Oliveoniaceae
P. Roberts (1998)
Genera

Oliveonia
Sebacinella

References

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  1. ^ Roberts P. (1998). "Oliveonia and the origin of the holobasidiomycetes". Folia Cryptogamica Estonica. 33: 127–132.