''Hypochnus'' is a

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 ...

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 Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. Career Fries was born at Femsjö (Hylte Municipality), Småland, the son of the pastor there. He attended school in Växjö. He acquired ...

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 specimen ...

''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 ''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 ''To ...

'' (A.B.Frank, 1883) * '' Hypochnus ferrugineus'' * '' Hypochnus fuciformis'' (McAlpine, 1906) * '' Hypochnus fuscus'' * '' Hypochnus fusisporus'' (J.Schrot., 1888) * '' Hypochnus ochroleucus'' (Noack, 1898) - a

plant pathogen Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...

* '' Hypochnus olivaceus'' (Fr. : Fr., 1828)

References

Thelephorales Thelephorales genera {{Agaricomycetes-stub