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Echinochaete
Sign in to saveEchinochaete is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. Circumscribed by English mycologist Derek Reid in 1963, the genus is widespread in tropical regions and contains five species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderPolyporales
- FamilyPolyporaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 13
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Polyporaceae
- Collections
- INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), TENN-F, MNHN, UFPE, MEL, UFSC
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Mexico, Guyane FrançAise, Australia, Brazil, Uganda, Fiji
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polyporaceae
- Image
- Echinochaete brachypora 21546.jpg
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- Echinochaete
- taxon name
- Echinochaete
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- D.A.Reid
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Encyclopedic overview
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Echinochaete is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. Circumscribed by English mycologist Derek Reid in 1963, the genus is widespread in tropical regions and contains five species.
==Description== Fruit bodies of Echinochaete fungi are annual. They are fan- or spoon-shaped and attached to the substrate by a short stipe. The upper surface of the cap is initially velutinous–covered with short, dense, silky, upright hairs, particularly near its base. In age the surface becomes smoother. Its colour is whitish to pinkish, later becoming reddish to brown. The pores on the cap underside have an angular to hexagonal shape.
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