Proterochaete is a genus of fungi in the family Auriculariaceae.[1] The type and only species, Proterochaete adusta, produces thin, effused, corticioid basidiocarps (fruit bodies) with a smooth or spiny surface on wood. The species was originally described from North America and is also known from northern Europe and Asia.[2]

Proterochaete
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Auriculariales
Family: Auriculariaceae
Genus: Proterochaete
Spirin & V. Malysheva (2019)
Type species
Proterochaete adusta
(Burt) Spirin & V. Malysheva (2019)

Taxonomy

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The genus was created as a result of molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, which showed that Proterochaete adusta, previously referred to the genus Sebacina, formed its own unrelated and distinct clade.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hyde KD, et al. (2020). "Fungal diversity notes 1151–1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa". Fungal Diversity. 100: 5–277. doi:10.1007/s13225-020-00439-5. hdl:2437/291202.
  2. ^ a b Mendes Alvarenga RL, Spirin V, Malysheva V, Gibertoni TB, Larsson KH (2019). "Two new genera and six other novelties in Heterochaete sensu lato (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota)". Botany. 97 (8): 439–451. doi:10.1139/cjb-2019-0046.
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