Genus of fungi
| Hydnocristella | |
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| Hydnocristella himantia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Gomphales |
| Family: | Lentariaceae |
| Genus: | Hydnocristella R.H.Petersen (1971) |
| Type species | |
| Hydnocristella himantia (Schwein.) R.H.Petersen (1971) | |
Hydnocristella is a fungal genus in the Lentariaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Hydnocristella himantia, found in North America. The species was originally named Hydnum himantia by Lewis David von Schweinitz in 1822, and underwent several generic transfers before being made the type species of Hydnocristella in 1971.
References
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- Petersen RH. (1971). "A new genus segregated from Kavinia Pilát". Ceská Mykologie. 25 (3): 129–34.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Hydnocristella himantia | |
| Hydnocristella | |
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