Phanerochaetaceae

The Phanerochaetaceae are a family of mostly crust fungi in the order Polyporales.

==Taxonomy== Phanerochaetaceae was first conceived by Swedish mycologist John Eriksson in 1958 as the subfamily Phanerochaetoideae of the Corticiaceae. It was later published validly by Erast Parmasto in 1986, and raised to familial status by Swiss mycologist Walter Jülich in 1982. The type genus is Phanerochaete.