| Trichaptum | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Trichaptum abietinum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Hymenochaetales |
| Family: | Hymenochaetaceae |
| Genus: | Trichaptum Murrill (1904) |
| Type species | |
| Trichaptum trichomallum | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Trichaptum is a genus of poroid fungi. The genus was circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1904. [4] Formerly classified in the family Polyporaceae, several molecular studies have shown that the genus belongs to the order Hymenochaetales. [5] [6] [7]