Dentipellicula Dentipellis Dentipratulum Hericium Laxitextum The Hericiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Russulales.

Taxa are mainly known from north temperate regions, and are saprobic on rotting wood.

[1] Phylogenetic analysis suggests that Hericiaceae belongs to the russuloid clade of homobasidiomycetes, and morphological and molecular evidence links it with the families Auriscalpiaceae, Bondarzewiaceae and Echinodontiaceae.

[2] Originally proposed in 1961 by Taisiya Lvovna Nikolayeva as a subfamily of Hydnaceae, Hericiaceae was formally published as a family by Marinus Anton Donk in 1964.

[3] Species of this family commonly have fruitbodies with pegs, spines, or teeth hanging from the hymenium.