''Phanerochaete'' is a

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crust fungi The corticioid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota typically having effused, smooth basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are formed on the undersides of dead tree trunks or branches. They are sometimes colloquially called crust fungi or p ...

in the family Phanerochaetaceae.

Taxonomy

The genus was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1889. Marinus Anton Donk redefined the limits of the genus in two publications in 1957 and 1962. ''Phanerochaete'' has traditionally been delimited based on the overall

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of the fruit body, as well as microscopic characteristics including the nature of the hyphal structure,

cystidia A cystidium (plural cystidia) is a relatively large cell found on the sporocarp of a basidiomycete (for example, on the surface of a mushroom gill), often between clusters of basidia. Since cystidia have highly varied and distinct shapes that ar ...

, and

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. Molecular analyses demonstrate that the genus is

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, containing members placed throughout the phlebioid clade of the Polyporales. The genus name is derived from the

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words φανεφός ("distinct") and χαίτη ("hair").

Description

''Phanerochaete'' species have membranaceous, crust-like fruit bodies. The hyphal system is monomitic, with simple-septate generative hyphae; single or multiple

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may be present in the subiculum. The

basidia A basidium () is a microscopic sporangium (a spore-producing structure) found on the hymenophore of fruiting bodies of basidiomycete fungi which are also called tertiary mycelium, developed from secondary mycelium. Tertiary mycelium is highly- ...

(spore-bearing cells) are club-shaped and smooth.

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of the genus are thin-walled,

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, hyaline, and have a cylindrical to ellipsoidal shape. ''Phanerochaete'' species cause

white rot A wood-decay or xylophagous fungus is any species of fungus that digests moist wood, causing it to rot. Some species of wood-decay fungi attack dead wood, such as brown rot, and some, such as ''Armillaria'' (honey fungus), are parasitic and col ...

on both conifers and hardwoods.

Chemistry

''Phanerochaete'' includes

fungi that are able to degrade the woody polymer lignin to

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. This is achieved, in part, by lignin peroxidases and

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s. These peroxidases are also able to mediate oxidation of a wide variety of organic

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s. The genome of '' Phanerochaete chrysosporium'' was sequenced and shows the genetic potential to make over 100 cytochrome P450 monooxygenases. White rot fungi have been used in

bioremediation Bioremediation broadly refers to any process wherein a biological system (typically bacteria, microalgae, fungi, and plants), living or dead, is employed for removing environmental pollutants from air, water, soil, flue gasses, industrial effluent ...

efforts to break down potentially harmful chemicals in soil and in water. For example, phenol-formaldehyde is degraded by ''P. chrysosporium'', while '' P. sordida'' breaks down the

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pesticide

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Species

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accepts 92 species of ''Phanerochaete'': *'' Phanerochaete aculeata'' Hallenb. (1978) *'' Phanerochaete affinis'' (Burt) Parmasto (1968) *'' Phanerochaete alba'' Sang H.Lin & Z.C.Chen (1990) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete albida'' Sheng H.Wu (1990) *'' Phanerochaete allantospora'' Burds. & Gilb. (1974) *'' Phanerochaete alnea'' (Fr.) P.Karst. (1889) *'' Phanerochaete aluticolor'' (Bres. & Torrend) Melo, J.Cardoso, M.Dueñas, Salcedo & Tellería (2012) *'' Phanerochaete andreae'' Burds., Beltrán-Tej. & Rodr.-Armas (1995) *'' Phanerochaete angustocystidiata'' Sheng H.Wu (2000) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete arenata'' (P.H.B.Talbot) Jülich (1979) *'' Phanerochaete areolata'' (G.Cunn.) Hjortstam & Ryvarden (1990) *'' Phanerochaete argillacea'' Sheng H.Wu (1998) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete arizonica'' Burds. & Gilb. (1974) *'' Phanerochaete aurantiobadia'' Ghobad-Nejhad, S.L.Liu & E.Langer (2015) *'' Phanerochaete australis'' Jülich (1980) *'' Phanerochaete avellanea'' (Bres.) J.Erikss. & Hjortstam (1981) *'' Phanerochaete bambucicola'' Sheng H.Wu (2018) *'' Phanerochaete binucleospordida'' Boidin, Lanq. & Gilles (1993) *'' Phanerochaete brunnea'' Sheng H.Wu (1990) *'' Phanerochaete bubalina'' Burds. (1985) *'' Phanerochaete burtii'' (Romell ex Burt) Parmasto (1967) *'' Phanerochaete cacaina'' (Bourdot & Galzin) Burds. & Gilb. (1974) *'' Phanerochaete cana'' (Burt) Burds. (1985) *'' Phanerochaete capitata'' Sheng H.Wu (1998) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete carnosa'' (Burt) Parmasto (1967) *'' Phanerochaete caucasica'' (Parmasto) Burds. (1985) *'' Phanerochaete citri'' A.B.De (1991) – India *'' Phanerochaete citrinosanguinea'' D.Floudas & Hibbett (2015) *'' Phanerochaete commixtoides'' Sang H.Lin & Z.C.Chen (1990) *'' Phanerochaete conifericola'' D.Floudas & D.S.Hibbett (2015) *'' Phanerochaete cordylines'' (G.Cunn.) Burds. (1985) *'' Phanerochaete cremeo-ochracea'' (Bourdot & Galzin) Hjortstam (1987) *'' Phanerochaete crescentispora'' Gilb. & Hemmes (2001) *'' Phanerochaete cryptocystidiata'' Nakasone (2008) *'' Phanerochaete deflectens'' (P.Karst.) Hjortstam (1987) *'' Phanerochaete eburnea'' Sheng H.Wu (1998) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete eichleriana'' Bres. (1903) *'' Phanerochaete emplastra'' (Berk. & Broome) Hjortstam (1989) *'' Phanerochaete exigua'' (Burt) Nakasone, Burds. & Lodge (1998) *'' Phanerochaete exilis'' (Burt) Burds. (1985) *'' Phanerochaete flava'' (Burt) Nakasone, Burds. & Lodge (1998) *'' Phanerochaete flavidogrisea'' Sheng H.Wu (1998) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete flavocarnea'' (Petch) Hjortstam (1995) *'' Phanerochaete fulva'' Sheng H.Wu (1998) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete furfuraceovelutinus'' (Rick) Rajchenb. (1987) *'' Phanerochaete globosa'' Sang H.Lin & Z.C.Chen (1990) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete granulata'' Sheng H.Wu (2007) *'' Phanerochaete hiulca'' (Burt) A.L.Welden (1980) *'' Phanerochaete hyphocystidiata'' Sheng H.Wu (1998) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete incarnata'' Sheng H.Wu (2017) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete incrustans'' (Speg.) Rajchenb. & J.E.Wright (1987) *'' Phanerochaete infuscata'' Hjortstam & Ryvarden (2004) *'' Phanerochaete intertexta'' Sheng H.Wu (1990) *'' Phanerochaete investiens'' (Berk.) P.Roberts (2009) *'' Phanerochaete jose-ferreirae'' (D.A.Reid) D.A.Reid (1975) *'' Phanerochaete laevis'' (Fr.) J.Erikss. & Ryvarden (1978) *'' Phanerochaete leptoderma'' Sheng H.Wu (1990) *'' Phanerochaete lutea'' (Sheng H.Wu) Hjortstam (1995) *'' Phanerochaete luteoaurantiaca'' (Wakef.) Burds. (1985) *'' Phanerochaete macrocystidiata'' Hallenb. (1978) *'' Phanerochaete martelliana'' (Bres.) J.Erikss. & Ryvarden (1978) *'' Phanerochaete mauiensis'' Gilb. & Adask. (1993) *'' Phanerochaete odontoidea'' Sheng H.Wu (2000) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete oreophila'' Gilb. & Hemmes (2004) *'' Phanerochaete pallida'' Parmasto (1967) *'' Phanerochaete parmastoi'' Sheng H.Wu (1990) *'' Phanerochaete parvispora'' Sheng H.Wu & Losi (1995) – Europe *'' Phanerochaete percitrina'' P.Roberts & Hjortstam (2000) – Africa *'' Phanerochaete phosphorescens'' (Burt) A.L.Welden (1980) *'' Phanerochaete porostereoides'' S.L.Liu & S.H.He (2016) – China *'' Phanerochaete pseudosanguinea'' D.Floudas & D.S.Hibbett (2015) *'' Phanerochaete queletii'' (Bres.) Nakasone (2008) *'' Phanerochaete radulans'' Hallenb. (1978) *'' Phanerochaete reflexa'' Sheng H.Wu (1998) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete rhodella'' (Peck) D.Floudas & D.S.Hibbett (2015) *'' Phanerochaete robusta'' Parmasto (1968) *'' Phanerochaete rubescens'' Sheng H.Wu (1998) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete sacchari'' (Burt) Burds. (1985) *'' Phanerochaete salmoneolutea'' Burds. & Gilb. (1974) *'' Phanerochaete sanguineocarnosa'' D.Floudas & Hibbett (2015) *'' Phanerochaete sanwicensis'' Gilb. & Hemmes (2004) *'' Phanerochaete sordida'' (P.Karst.) J.Erikss. & Ryvarden (1978) Phanerochaete sordida a1 (1)

*'' Phanerochaete stereoides'' Sheng H.Wu (1995) *'' Phanerochaete suballantoidea'' Sheng H.Wu (1998) – Taiwan *'' Phanerochaete subceracea'' (Burt) Burds. (1985) *'' Phanerochaete subcrassispora'' P.Roberts & Hjortstam (2009) *'' Phanerochaete subglobosa'' Sheng H.Wu (1990) *'' Phanerochaete subiculosa'' (Burt) Burds. (1985) *'' Phanerochaete taiwaniana'' Sheng H.Wu (1990) *'' Phanerochaete tamariciphila'' Boidin, Lanq. & Gilles (1993) *'' Phanerochaete thailandica'' Kout & Sádlíková (2017) – Thailand *'' Phanerochaete tropica'' (Sheng H.Wu) Hjortstam (1995) *'' Phanerochaete tuberculascens'' Hjortstam (2000) *'' Phanerochaete tuberculata'' (P.Karst.) Parmasto (1968) *'' Phanerochaete velutina'' (DC.) P.Karst. (1898) *'' Phanerochaete vesiculosa'' S.Martínez & Nakasone (2005) – Uruguay *'' Phanerochaete xerophila'' Burds. (1985)

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Description

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