Kingdom: Fungi > Phylum: Basidiomycota > Class:  Agaricomycetes > Order: Hymenochaetales

This order is based on molecular studies rather than unifying morphological characteristics. They are mostly wood-decaying species with the majority causing white rot.

1. Family: Hymenochaetaceae
   1. Hymenochaete rubiginosa, oak curtain crust
   2. Inonotus cuticularis, clustered bracket
   3. Xanthoporia radiata, alder bracket
2. Family: Schizoporaceae
   1. Schizopora paradoxa, split porecrust
   2. Xylodon sambuci (syn. Hypodontia sambuci), elder whitewash

 

---

---

There is also a lovely species in this order that has yet to be assigned a family. 

1. Trichaptum abietinum, purple pore bracket

 

---

---