Hypochniciellum

Hypochniciellum is a genus of corticioid fungi in the family Amylocorticiaceae.[1] Species in the genus have white to cream-colored, resupinate fruit bodies (growing flat, like a crust). The hypha have clamp connections. The spores are roughly elliptical, yellowish, and smooth.[2]

Hypochniciellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Amylocorticiales
Family:
Amylocorticiaceae
Genus:
Hypochniciellum

Hjortstam & Ryvarden (1980)
Type species
Hypochniciellum ovoideum
Hjortstam & Ryvarden (1980)
Species
  • H. iaganicum
  • H. luteolum
  • H. ovoideum

References
  1. Binder M, Larsson KH, Matheny PB, Hibbett DS (2010). "Amylocorticiales ord. nov. and Jaapiales ord. nov.: Early diverging clades of Agaricomycetidae dominated by corticioid forms". Mycologia. 102 (4): 865–80. doi:10.3852/09-288. PMID 20648753.
  2. Ellis JB, Ellis MB (1990). Fungi without Gills (Hymenomycetes and Gasteromycetes): An Identification Handbook. London, UK: Chapman and Hall. p. 112. ISBN 0-412-36970-2.


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