Pachycudonia is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Cudoniaceae.[1] The Japanese mycologist Sanshi Imai originally proposed it as a section of the genus Cudonia, basing it on the species Cudonia constrictospora, and describing the main characteristic of the genus as Pileus convexo-hemiglobosus vel depresso-convexus, crassus ("Pileus convex to hemispherical or depressed-convex, thick.") He later promoted it to distinct genus status in 1950.[2] Pachycudonia has three species:[1]
- Pachycudonia constrictospora (S.Ito & S.Imai) S.Imai (1950)
- Pachycudonia monticola (Mains) S.Imai (1950)
- Pachycudonia spathulata (S.Imai) S.Imai (1950)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Rhytismatales |
| Family: | Cudoniaceae |
| Genus: | Pachycudonia S.Imai (1950) |
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| Pachycudonia constrictospora (S.Ito & S.Imai) S.Imai (1950)
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The distribution of the genus, when described by Imai in 1955, was restricted to Japan and the Pacific coast of North America.
References
edit- ^ a b "Pachycudonia". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Imai, Sanshi (1955). "Contributiones ad studia monographica Geoglossacearum. II". Science Reports of the Yokohama National University. II. 4: 1–11.