Epithele
Epithele is a genus of crust fungi in the family Polyporaceae. Taxonomy. "Epithele" was first proposed in 1899 by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard as a section of the genus "Hypochnus". He included "Hypochnus dussii" and the type species, "H. typhae", based on their similar appearance, habitat, and organization. Patouillard emphasized the presence of hyphal pegs as a major distinguishing characteristic of the genus. Hyphal pegs are bundles of hyphae that originate in the trama and project into the hymenium. A year later, he raised "Epithele" to generic status, maintaining the same two species. "Hypochnus dussii" later became the  type of the genus "Tubulicium". Daisy Boquiren revised the genus in 1971, accepting 13 species. Later contributions to the systematics of "Epithele" were made by Jülich (1976), Boidin and Lanquetin (1983), Boidin and Gilles (2000), and Hjortstam and Ryvarden (2005). In 2013, Karen Nakasone emended the generic concept to include "Epithele bambusae" (a species without hyphal pegs), and accepted 17 species. Species. , Index Fungorum accepts 24 species of "Epithele":