Rhizochaete is a plant pathogen infecting planes, beeches, pines, oaks and other trees.[3]
It was first described as Corticium radicatum in 1895 by Paul Christoph Hennings.[1][4] It was transferred to the genus, Rhizochaete by Alina Greslebin, Karen Nakasone and Mario Rajchenberg in 2004.[2]Index Fungorum and Mycobank disagree on the current name of this taxon, with Mycobank asserting it to be Phanerochaete radicata[1] and Index Fungorum, Rhizochaete radicata.[5]