The Hymenochaetaceae are a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of fungi in the order Hymenochaetales

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 contain around 600 species worldwide, mostly corticioid...

. The family contains several species that are implicated in many diseases of broad-leaved and coniferous trees, causing heart rot

Heart rot

thumb|300px|right|The bracket fungus [[Fistulina hepatica]] is one of many that cause heart rot.In trees, heart rot is a fungal disease that causes the decay of wood at the center of the trunk and branches. Fungi enter the tree through wounds in the bark and decay the heartwood. The diseased...

, canker and root diseases, and also esca disease of grapevines. According to a standard references text, the family contains 27 genera and 487 species.

The name probably means long-haired membrane from the Greek hymen meaning membrane and chaite meaning long hair.

Genera

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  Extinction
  In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms , normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point...
  
  Appianoporites
  Appianoporites
  Appianoporites is an extinct monotypic genus of fungus in the Agaricomycetes family Hymenochaetaceae. At present it contains the single species Appianoporites vancouverensis....
  
  (Eocene
  Eocene
  The Eocene Epoch, lasting from about 56 to 34 million years ago , is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Palaeocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the...
  
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• Asterodon
  Asterodon
  Asterodon is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae.-Species list:*Asterodon albus*Asterodon cystidiiformis*Asterodon ferruginosus*Asterodon hyalinus*Asterodon hypochnoideus*Asterodon lutescens...
  
  
• Aurificaria
  Aurificaria
  Aurificaria is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. The type species, Aurificaria indica, is currently the only species in this genus.-External links:*...
  
  
• Botryodontia
• Clavariachaete
  Clavariachaete
  Clavariachaete is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae.-External links:*...
  
  
• Coltricia
  Coltricia
  Coltricia is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae.-Species:*Coltricia bambusicola*Coltricia barbata*Coltricia cinnamomea*Coltricia confluens*Coltricia duportii*Coltricia focicola*Coltricia fragilissima...
  
  
• Coltriciella
  Coltriciella
  Coltriciella is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae.-Species list:*Coltriciella corticicola*Coltriciella dependens*Coltriciella navispora*Coltriciella oblectabilis*Coltriciella pusilla*Coltriciella pusilla...
  
  
• Cyclomyces
  Cyclomyces
  Cyclomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae.-Species list:*Cyclomyces albida*Cyclomyces beccarianus*Cyclomyces bresadolae*Cyclomyces cichoriaceus*Cyclomyces fuscus*Cyclomyces gigase*Cyclomyces greeniie...
  
  
• Dichochaete
• Erythromyces
  Erythromyces
  Erythromyces is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. It currently contains only the type species, Erythromyces crocicreas.-External links:*...
  
  
• Fomitiporia
  Fomitiporia
  Fomitiporia is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. According to a 2008 estimate, the widely distributed genus contains 11 species, though three new species were identified in 2010 in sub-Saharan Africa using multigene molecular phylogenetic analysis...
  
  
• Fulvifomes
• Hydnochaete
  Hydnochaete
  Hydnochaete is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae.-Species list:*Hydnochaete cinnamomea*Hydnochaete duportii*Hydnochaete japonica*Hydnochaete olivacea*Hydnochaete paucisetigera*Hydnochaete peroxydataae...
  
  
• Hymenochaete
  Hymenochaete
  Hymenochaete is a genus of fungi in the Hymenochaetaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains 110 species....
  
  
• Inocutis
• Inonotopsis
• Inonotus
  Inonotus
  Inonotus is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. The genus, circumscribed by Petter Karsten in 1879, is estimated to contain about 80 species sensu lato and 30 species sensu stricto ....
  
  
• Onnia
• Phellinidium
• Phellinus
  Phellinus
  Phellinus is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. Many species cause white rot. Fruiting bodies, which are found growing on wood, are resupinate, sessile, and perennial. The flesh is tough and woody or cork-like, and brown in color. Clamp connections are absent, and the skeletal hyphae...
  
  
• Phellopilus
• Phylloporia
  Phylloporia
  Phylloporia is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. The genus contains 23 species.-Species list:*Phylloporia ampelina*Phylloporia bibulosa*Phylloporia capucina*Phylloporia chrysites*Phylloporia crataegi...
  
  
• Polystictus
• †Quatsinoporites
  Quatsinoporites
  Quatsinoporites is an extinct monotypic genus of agaricomycet fungus in the Agaricomycetes family Hymenochaetaceae. At present it contains the single species Quatsinoporites cranhamii....
  
  (Late Cretaceous
  Late Cretaceous
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• Porodaedalea
  Porodaedalea
  Porodaedalea is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae.-External links:*...
  
  
• Pseudochaete
  Pseudochaete
  Pseudochaete is a genus of algae, in the family Chaetophoraceae. However, this genus is not recognized by all authorities, sometimes being considered part of genus Stigeoclonium.The name Pseudochaete, published by T. Wagner & M...
  
  
• Pseudoinonotus
• Pyrrhoderma