The Auriculariaceae are a family of fungi in the order Auriculariales. Species within the family were formerly referred to the `heterobasidiomycetes` or `jelly fungi`, since many have gelatinous basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that produce spores on septate basidia. Around 100 species are known worldwide. All are believed to be saprotrophic, most ...
[n] - fungi having gelatinous sporophores
family Auriculariaceae noun fungi having gelatinous sporophores