''Hypochnus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
. 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
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...
''H. ferrugineus'' assigned to ''
Tomentella
''Tomentella'' is a genus of corticioid fungi in the family Thelephoraceae. The genus is ectomycorrhizal, and widespread, with about 80 species according to a 2008 estimate, although many new species have since been described. ''Tomentella'' was ...
''.
Species
* ''
Hypochnus anthochrous'' ((Pers: Fr) Fr, 1863)
* ''
Hypochnus chlorinus'' (Massee, 1901)
* ''
Hypochnus cinerascens'' (P.Karst, 1888)
* ''
Hypochnus cucumeris'' (A.B.Frank, 1883)
* ''
Hypochnus ferrugineus''
* ''
Hypochnus fuciformis'' (McAlpine, 1906)
* ''
Hypochnus fuscus''
* ''
Hypochnus fusisporus'' (J.Schrot., 1888)
* ''
Hypochnus ochroleucus'' (Noack, 1898) - a
plant pathogen
* ''
Hypochnus olivaceus'' (Fr. : Fr., 1828)
References
Thelephorales
Thelephorales genera
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