Hypochniciellum

Hypochniciellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Amylocorticiales
Family: Amylocorticiaceae
Genus: Hypochniciellum
Hjortstam & Ryvarden (1980)
Type species
Hypochniciellum ovoideum
Hjortstam & Ryvarden (1980)
Species
  • H. iaganicum
  • H. luteolum
  • H. ovoideum

Hypochniciellum is a genus of corticioid fungi in the family Amylocorticiaceae.[1] Species in the genus have white to cream-colored, resupinate fruit bodies (growing flat, like a crust). The hypha have clamp connections. The spores are roughly elliptical, yellowish, and smooth.[2]

References

  1. Binder M, Larsson K-H, Matheny PB, Hibbett DS. (2010). "Amylocorticiales ord. nov. and Jaapiales ord. nov.: Early diverging clades of Agaricomycetidae dominated by corticioid forms". Mycologia 102 (4): 865–80. doi:10.3852/09-288. PMID 20648753.
  2. Ellis JB, Ellis MB. (1990). Fungi without Gills (Hymenomycetes and Gasteromycetes): An Identification Handbook. London, UK: Chapman and Hall. p. 112. ISBN 0-412-36970-2.

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