Hydnocristella

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Hydnocristella
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.[1] 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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 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. 
  2. ↑ Petersen RH. (1971). "A new genus segregated from Kavinia Pilát". Ceská Mykologie 25 (3): 129–34. 

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