Genus
Trametes
Trametes hirsuta. Photo: (c) Jakob Fahr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Trametes is a genus of fungi that is distinguished by a pileate basidiocarp, di- to trimitic hyphal systems, smooth non-dextrinoid spores, and a hymenium usually without true hymenial cystidia. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about fifty species. The genus was first described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1835.