Thelephorales

Thelephorales
Sarcodon imbricatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Subclass:	incertae sedis
Order:	Thelephorales Corner ex Oberw. (1976)
Families
Bankeraceae Donk Thelephoraceae Chevall.

The Thelephorales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. The order includes corticioid and hydnoid fungi, together with a few polypores and clavarioid species. Most fungi within the Thelephorales are ectomycorrhizal. None is of any great economic importance, though Sarcodon imbricatus is edible and commercially marketed, whilst several species have been used for craft dyeing.