''Hydnocristella'' is a fungal

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

in the

Lentariaceae The Lentariaceae are a family of fungi belonging in what is classically known as the Gomphales order, or cladistically as the gomphoid-phalloid clade. First described by Swiss mycologist Walter Jülich in 1981, the family has 3 genera and 23 spe ...

family. The genus is

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, containing the single species ''Hydnocristella himantia'', found in North America. The species was originally named ''Hydnum himantia'' by

Lewis David von Schweinitz Lewis David de Schweinitz (13 February 1780 – 8 February 1834) was a German-American botanist and mycologist. He is considered by some the "Father of North American Mycology", but also made significant contributions to botany. Education B ...

in 1822, and underwent several generic transfers before being made the

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of ''Hydnocristella'' in 1971.

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* Gomphales Fungi described in 1822 Fungi of North America Monotypic Basidiomycota genera Taxa named by Ron Petersen {{Gomphales-stub