Summary description from Wikipedia:

Auriculariaceae in languages:

Chinese

木耳科

Czech

boltcovitkovité

Danish

Judasørefamilien

German

Ohrlappenpilzverwandte

Hebrew

אַזְנוּנִיתִיִּים

Japanese

キクラゲ科

Korean

목이과

Lithuanian

Ausiagrybiniai

Thai

วงศ์ เห็ดหูหนู

Ukrainian

Аурикуляльні

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Parent Taxon

• Auriculariales

Sibling Taxa

• Adustochaete
• Aporpium
• Auriculariaceae
• Auriculoscypha
• Basidiodendron
• Bourdotia
• Ductifera
• Gloeotromera
• Guepinia
• Heteroscypha
• Hyalodon
• Hyaloriaceae
• Metabourdotia
• Oliveoniaceae
• Patouillardina
• Proterochaete
• Protodaedalea
• Protohydnum
• Protomerulius
• Pseudohydnum
• Stypella
• Stypellopsis

Child Taxa

• Auricularia
• Eichleriella
• Elmerina
• Exidia
• Exidiopsis
• Heterochaete
• Protodontia
• Pseudostypella
• Tremellochaete

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