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The present volume provides taxonomic account of this interesting group based on authors own field observations and supplemented with the study of numerous types and other authentic specimens. It gives a historical and morphological account of the group and provides exhaustive taxonomic account of 188 genera and 681 species.

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Macro and micromorphological characters. 3. Key to families. 4. Auriscalpiaceae. 5. Bankeraceae. 6. Bondarzewiaceae. 7. Cantharellaceae. 8. Clavariaceae. 9. Clavariadelphaceae. 10. Clavicoronaceae. 11. Clavulinaceae. 12. Coniophoraceae. 13. Corticiaceae. 14. Echinodontiaceae. 15. Fistullinaceae. 16. Ganodermataceae. 17. Gomphaceae. 18. Hericiaceae. 19. Hydnaceae. 20. Hymenochaetaceae. 21. Lachnocladiaceae. 22. Podoscyophaceae. 23. Polyporaceae. 24. Peterulaceae. 25. Schizophyllaceae. 26. Sparassidaceae. 27. Steccherinaceae. 28. Stereaceae. 29. Thelephoraceae. 30. Tremellodendropsis. References. Index.