 The family is placed alongside the Ceratobasidiaceae and Tulasnellaceae within the order Cantharellales.Genera previously included within the Botryobasidiaceae have now been placed in the Corticiales ("Waitea"), Hymenochaetales ("Botryodontia"), and Polyporales ("Candelabrochaete").The disposition of "Suillosporium" is as yet unknown.