Hymenochaetaceae

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Hymenochaetaceae
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Hymenochaete cruenta
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Donk (1948)
Type genus
Hymenochaete
Lév. (1846)
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Coltriciaceae
  • Inonotaceae
  • Tubulicrinaceae

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]

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Hymenochaetaceae: [2]

References

  1. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford UK: CAB International. pp. 167–168. ISBN   978-0-85199-827-5.
  2. "Hymenochaetaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-02-15.