Summary description from Wikipedia:

Meruliaceae in languages:

Chinese

柄杯菌科

Czech

dřevokazovité

Hebrew

דּוּרִיתִיִּים

Japanese

シワタケ科

Korean

아교버섯과

Lithuanian

Lapielaižiniai

Polish

Strocznikowate

Russian

Мерулиевые

Ukrainian

Мерулієві

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Parent Taxon

• Polyporales

Sibling Taxa

• Adustoporiaceae
• Aegeritaceae
• Aquascypha
• Auriporiaceae
• Broomeiaceae
• Candelabrochaete
• Cerocorticium
• Cerrenaceae
• Conohypha
• Coralloderma
• Dacryobolaceae
• Diplomitoporus
• Erastia
• Fibroporiaceae
• Fomitopsidaceae
• Fragiliporiaceae
• Gelatoporiaceae
• Grifolaceae
• Hyphodermataceae
• Incrustoporiaceae
• Irpicaceae
• Ischnodermataceae
• Laetiporaceae
• Laricifomitaceae
• Macrohyporia
• Meripilaceae
• Meruliaceae
• Mycoleptodonoides
• Mycorrhaphoides
• Panaceae
• Phaeolaceae
• Phanerochaetaceae
• Phlebiella
• Piptoporellaceae
• Podoscyphaceae
• Polyporaceae
• Poria
• Postiaceae
• Pycnoporellaceae
• Repetobasidiopsis
• Rickiopora
• Roseograndinia
• Sarcoporia
• Sarcoporiaceae
• Sparassidaceae
• Sparassiella
• Steccherinaceae
• Taiwanofungaceae
• Thujacorticium
• Xenasmataceae

Child Taxa

• Amaurohydnum
• Aurantiopileus
• Aurantiporus
• Ceriporiopsis
• Climacodon
• Columnodontia
• Crustodontia
• Geesterania
• Hydnophlebia
• Lilaceophlebia
• Luteoporia
• Merulius
• Mycoacia
• Mycoaciella
• Phlebia
• Phlebiodontia
• Phlebiporia
• Sarcodontia
• Scopuloides

Top Observation Places

• Silver Spring
• Bethesda
• Cambridge
• Newton
• Somerville
• Waltham
• Brookline
• Medford