Hymenochaetaceae
| Hymenochaetaceae | |
|---|---|
| Hymenochaete cruenta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Hymenochaetales |
| Family: | Hymenochaetaceae Donk (1948) |
| Type genus | |
| Hymenochaete Lév. (1846) | |
| Genera | |
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The Hymenochaetaceae are a 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 diseases, and also esca disease of grapevines.