Hymenochaetaceae

The Hymenochaetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Hymenochaetales. The family contains several species that are implicated in many diseases of broad-leaved and coniferous trees, causing heart rot, canker and root diseases, and also esca disease of grapevines.[1] According to a standard reference text, the family contains 27 genera and 487 species.[2]

Hymenochaetaceae
Hymenochaete cruenta, a member of the Hymenochaetaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Donk (1948)
Type genus
Hymenochaete
Lév. (1846)
Genera

see text

Synonyms

Polystictaceae Rea (1922)

Genera

References

  1. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford UK: CAB International. pp. 167–168. ISBN 0-85199-827-5.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Yang J, Dai L-D, He H-S (2016). "Hymenochaetopsis nom. nov. proposed to replace Pseudochaete (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) with descriptions of H. laricicola sp. nov and H. gigasetosa new to China". Mycological Progress. 15. doi:10.1007/s11557-015-1153-9.


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