''Candelabrochaete'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae.

Taxonomy

The genus was

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by French mycologist Jacques Boidin in 1970. He originally included two species, '' C. langloisii'', and the

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, '' C. africana''.

Description

Similar to the genus ''

Phanerochaete ''Phanerochaete'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1889. Marinus Anton Donk redefined the limits of the genus in two publications in 1957 and ...

'', ''Candelabrochaete'' features simple septa in the subicular

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e and at the base of the basidia, and

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, thin-walled,

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spores. Several features distinguish ''Candelabrochaete'' from ''Phanerochaete''. These include small, cylindrical to club-shaped (clavate) basidia, septate cystidia, a loosely interwoven subiculum (a mat of hyphae from which the fruitbody arises), and a loosely organized

hymenium The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which produce spores. In some species all of the cells of the hymenium develop into basidia or asci, while in others some ...

. This latter characteristic gives a farinaceous to woolly appearance to the fruitbodies.

Species

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Candelabrochaete adnata ''Candelabrochaete'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Jacques Boidin in 1970. He originally included two species, '' C. langloisii'', and the type, '' C.&n ...

'' Hjortstam (1995) – Brazil *''

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'' Boidin (1970) – Africa *''

Candelabrochaete cirrata ''Candelabrochaete'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Jacques Boidin in 1970. He originally included two species, '' C. langloisii'', and the type, '' C.&n ...

'' Hjortstam & Ryvarden (1986) – Argentina; British Virgin Islands; Brunei; Ghana; Kenya; Taiwan *''

Candelabrochaete dispar ''Candelabrochaete'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Jacques Boidin in 1970. He originally included two species, '' C. langloisii'', and the type, '' C.&n ...

'' Hjortstam & Ryvarden (1986) – Argentina *''

Candelabrochaete eruciformis ''Candelabrochaete'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Jacques Boidin in 1970. He originally included two species, '' C. langloisii'', and the type, '' C.&n ...

'' (G.Cunn.) Stalpers & P.K.Buchanan (1991) *''

Candelabrochaete langloisii ''Candelabrochaete'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Jacques Boidin in 1970. He originally included two species, '' C. langloisii'', and the type, '' C.&n ...

'' (Pat.) Boidin (1970) *''

Candelabrochaete macaronesica ''Candelabrochaete'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Jacques Boidin in 1970. He originally included two species, '' C. langloisii'', and the type, '' C.&n ...

'' M.Dueñas, Tellería & Melo (2008) – Faial Island;

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*''

Candelabrochaete magnahypha ''Candelabrochaete'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Jacques Boidin in 1970. He originally included two species, '' C. langloisii'', and the type, '' C.&n ...

'' (Burt) Burds. (1984) *''

Candelabrochaete mexicana ''Candelabrochaete'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Jacques Boidin in 1970. He originally included two species, '' C. langloisii'', and the type, '' C. ...

'' (Burt) P.Roberts (2000) – Cameroon; Venezuela *'' Candelabrochaete neocaledonica'' Duhem & Buyck (2011) –

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*'' Candelabrochaete simulans'' Hjortstam (1995) – Thailand *'' Candelabrochaete verruculosa'' Hjortstam (1983) – Africa; Asia; Europe

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5031645 Phanerochaetaceae Polyporales genera Fungi described in 1970