Genus

Trichaptum

Trichaptum abietinum. Photo: (c) pulmat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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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.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Order: Hymenochaetales
        Family: Hymenochaetaceae
        Genus: Trichaptum
        Species: Trichaptum biforme (Violet-toothed polypore)
        Species: Trichaptum abietinum (Purplepore bracket)
        Species: Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum (Brown purplepore bracket)

Subtaxa

Species: Trichaptum biforme (Violet-toothed polypore)

Species: Trichaptum abietinum (Purplepore bracket)

Species: Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum (Brown purplepore bracket)

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