Genus of fungi
Proterochaete is a genus of fungi in the family Auriculariaceae. 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.
Taxonomy.
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.
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