Hydnocristella
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Genus: | Hydnocristella R.H.Petersen (1971)
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Hydnocristella himantia (Schwein.) R.H.Petersen (1971)
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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
- ^ 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.