| Rhizopogonaceae | |
|---|---|
| Rhizopogon rubescens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: |
Rhizopogonaceae Gäum. & C.W.Dodge (1928) |
| Type genus | |
|
Rhizopogon Fr. & Nordholm |
|
| Genera | |
Rhizopogonaceae are a family of fungi in the order Boletales. The family, first named and described by botanists Ernst Albert Gäumann and Carroll William Dodge in 1928, contains 2 genera and 151 species. The genus Fevansia, formerly thought to belong in the Rhizopogonaceae, was found to belong in the Albatrellaceae in a molecular phylogenetics study.