Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Polyporales Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Domain: Eukaryota Division: Basidiomycota Class: Homobasidiomycetes Order: Polyporales Families    .    . Polyporales (earlier known as Aphyllophorales) are important decomposers of wood. They are basidiomycetes that lack soft gills (lamellae), but are also hymenomycete as are boletes and agarics. This assemblage of fungi is polyphyletic. Polyporales have a smooth hymenophore, or have pores such as the boletes, or teeth, or irregular gills. Major groups are the polypores (Hymenochaetales, Polyporales, Ganodermatales), and various coral fungi. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.