Trichaptum

Trichaptum
Trichaptum abietinum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Genus: Trichaptum
Murrill (1904)
Type species
Trichaptum trichomallum
(Berk. & Mont.) Murrill
Synonyms

Trichaptum is a genus of poroid fungi. The genus was circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1904. Formerly classified in the family Polyporaceae, several molecular studies have shown that the genus belongs to the order Hymenochaetales.