''Hymenochaete'' is a

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in the family

Hymenochaetaceae The ''Hymenochaetaceae'' are a family (biology), 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 disea ...

. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in

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regions. The name probably means ''long-haired membrane'' from the

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''hymen'' meaning ''membrane'' and ''chaite'' meaning ''long hair''. On the basis of sequence data, in 2002 the genus '' Pseudochaete'' was constructed for ''Hymenochaete tabacina'', as it was found to be more closely related to the poroid Hymenochaetales '' Onnia'' and '' Porodaedalea''. ''Pseudochaete'' is however considered illegitimate since it is preoccupied by an

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l genus.

Species

*'' H. aberrans'' *'' H. acanthophysata'' *'' H. adusta'' *'' H. agathicola'' *'' H. allantospora'' *'' H. americana'' *'' H. anomala'' *'' H. attenuata'' *'' H. barbata'' *'' H. berteroi'' *'' H. biformisetosa'' –

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, China *'' H. bispora'' *'' H. boidinii'' *'' H. boninensis'' *'' H. borbonica'' *'' H. borealis'' *'' H. burdsallii'' *'' H. cacao'' *'' H. carpatica'' *'' H. cervina'' *'' H. cervinoidea'' *'' H. cinnamomea'' *'' H. coffeana'' *'' H. colliculosa'' *'' H. contiformis'' *'' H. corrugata'' *'' H. cruenta'' *'' H. curtisii'' *'' H. damicornis'' *'' H. denticulata'' *'' H. depallens'' *'' H. dictator'' *'' H. digitata'' *'' H. dissimilis'' *'' H. dura'' *'' H. epichlora'' *'' H. episphaeria'' *'' H. escobarii'' *'' H. fasciculata'' *'' H. floridea'' *'' H. fomitoporioides'' *'' H. fuliginosa'' *'' H. fulva'' *'' H. fuscobadia'' *'' H. gigaspora'' *'' H. gillesii'' *'' H. gladiola'' *'' H. globispora'' *'' H. harpago'' *'' H. hauerslevii'' *'' H. innexa'' *'' H. intricata'' *'' H. jobii'' *'' H. konradii'' *'' H. lenta'' *'' H. leonina'' *'' H. lictor'' *'' H. lignosa'' *'' H. livens'' *'' H. longispora'' *'' H. luteobadia'' *'' H. macrospora'' *'' H. magnahypha'' *'' H. microcycla'' *'' H. microspora'' *'' H. minor'' *'' H. minuscula'' *'' H. mollis'' *'' H. mougeotii'' *'' H. murina'' *'' H. muroiana'' *'' H. nanospora'' *'' H. nothofagicola'' *'' H. noxia'' *'' H. ochromarginata'' *'' H. opaca'' *'' H. palmicola'' *'' H. papyracea'' *'' H. parmastoi'' *'' H. patelliformis'' *'' H. paucisetosa'' *'' H. pellicula'' *'' H. pertenuis'' *'' H. pinnatifida'' *'' H. plurimaesetae'' *'' H. pratensis'' *'' H. proxima'' *'' H. pseudoadusta'' *'' H. reniformis'' *'' H. reticulata'' *'' H. rhabarbarina'' *'' H. rheicolor'' *'' H. rigidula'' *'' H. rubiginosa'' *'' H. rufomarginata'' *'' H. ryvardenii'' *'' H. semistupposa'' *'' H. senatoumbrina'' *'' H. separabilis'' *'' H. separata'' *'' H. sordida'' *'' H. spathulata'' *'' H. sphaerospora'' *'' H. spinulosetosa'' *'' H. spreta'' *'' H. stratura'' *'' H. subferruginea'' *'' H. subpurpurascens'' *'' H. tasmanica'' *'' H. tenuis'' *'' H. tomentelloidea'' *'' H. ungulata'' *'' H. unicolor'' *'' H. ustulata'' *'' H. vagans'' *'' H. vaginata'' *'' H. vallata'' *'' H. variegata'' *'' H. villosa'' *'' H. yasudae''

References

Agaricomycetes genera Hymenochaetaceae Taxa named by Joseph-Henri Léveillé Taxa described in 1846 {{Agaricomycetes-stub