''Trichaptum'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
poroid fungi. The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
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by American mycologist
William Alphonso Murrill
William Alphonso Murrill (October 13, 1869 – December 25, 1957) was an American mycologist, known for his contributions to the knowledge of the Agaricales and Polyporaceae. In 1904, he became the assistant Curator at the New York Botanical Ga ...
in 1904.
Formerly classified in the family
Polyporaceae
The Polyporaceae () are a family (biology), family of polypore, poroid fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. The trama (mycology), flesh of their basidiocarp, fruit bodies varies from soft (as in the case of the dryad's saddle illustrated) to v ...
, several
molecular
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studies have shown that the genus belongs to the order
Hymenochaetales
The Hymenochaetales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. The order in its current sense is based on molecular research and not on any unifying morphological characteristics. According to one 2008 estimate, the Hymenochaetales con ...
.
Species
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Trichaptum abietinum''
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Trichaptum agglutinatum''
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Trichaptum album''
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Trichaptum basifuscum''
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Trichaptum biforme''
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Trichaptum brastagii''
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Trichaptum bulbocystidiatum''
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Trichaptum byssogenum''
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Trichaptum ceraceicutis''
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Trichaptum deviatum''
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Trichaptum favoloides''
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Trichaptum flavum''
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Trichaptum fumosoavellaneum''
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Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum''
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Trichaptum griseofuscum''
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Trichaptum imbricatum''
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Trichaptum jackiae''
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Trichaptum lacunosum''
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Trichaptum laricinum''
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Trichaptum molestum''
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Trichaptum montanum''
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Trichaptum parvulum''
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Trichaptum perenne''
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Trichaptum perpusillum''
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Trichaptum perrottetii''
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Trichaptum podocarpi''
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Trichaptum polycystidiatum''
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Trichaptum sector''
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Trichaptum strigosum''
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Trichaptum subchartaceum''
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Trichaptum suberosum''
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Trichaptum trichomallum''
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Trichaptum variabilis''
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Trichaptum vinaceobrunneum''
References
Hymenochaetales
Taxa named by William Alphonso Murrill
Agaricomycetes genera
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