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Hymenochaete
Sign in to saveHymenochaete is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions.
Species
Oak Curtain Crust Fungus
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderHymenochaetales
- FamilyHymenochaetaceae
Observations5,182
Observations recorded54,795
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,389
- With media
- 672
- Family
- Hymenochaetaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, LSUM, UFPB, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), MEL, UTC
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Brasil, Australia, Jamaica
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hymenochaete is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions.
The name probably means long-haired membrane from the Greek hymen meaning membrane and chaite meaning long hair.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hymenochaete” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.