Hypochnus is a genus of fungi. The original treatment of the genus by Elias Magnus Fries included various wholly unrelated species, therefore it is now considered a nomen ambiguum, with the type species H. ferrugineus assigned to Tomentella.[2]

Hypochnus
Micromorphological features of Hypochnus rhacodium in KOH. Syntype: A, B basidiospores in frontal face C, D in lateral face E subicular hyphae with granulation and F without[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Thelephoraceae
Genus: Hypochnus
Fr. (1818)
Synonyms

Hypochnopsis Fr. (1818)

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b Svantesson, Sten; Larsson, Karl-Henrik; Kõljalg, Urmas; May, Tom W.; Cangren, Patrik; Nilsson, R. Henrik; Larsson, Ellen (2019). "Solving the taxonomic identity of Pseudotomentella tristis s.l. (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota) – a multi-gene phylogeny and taxonomic review, integrating ecological and geographical data". MycoKeys (50): 1–77. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.50.32432. PMC 6477855. PMID 31043855.
  2. ^ Rogers DP (1939). "The Genus Hypochnus and Fries's "Observationes"". Mycologia. 31 (3): 297–307. doi:10.2307/3754524. JSTOR 3754524.