Gloeohypochnicium

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Gloeohypochnicium
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Gloeohypochnicium

(Parmasto) Hjortstam (1987)
Type species
Gloeohypochnicium analogum
(Bourdot & Galzin) Hjortstam (1987)
Species

G. analogum
G. versatum

Synonyms[1]
  • Hypochnicium subgen. Gloeohypochnicium Parmasto (1968)

Gloeohypochnicium is a genus of wood-inhabiting crust fungi of uncertain familial placement in the order Russulales. Originally conceived by Erast Parmasto as a subgenus of Hypochnicium,[2] Kurt Hjortstam considered it worthy of distinct generic status in 1987.[3] The type species, G. analogum, was described as new to science in 1913 by French mycologists Hubert Bourdot and Amédée Galzin as a species of Gloeocystidium.[4] G. versatum was added to the genus in 2010.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Synonymy: Gloeohypochnicium (Parmasto) Hjortstam". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  2. ^ Parmasto E. (1968). Conspectus Systematis Corticiacearum (in Latin). Tartu: Institutum zoologicum et botanicum Academiae scientiarum R.P.S.S. Estonicae. p. 116. OCLC 15309077.
  3. ^ Hjortstam K. (1987). "Studies in tropical Corticiaceae (Basidiomycetes) VII. Specimens from East Africa collected by L. Ryvarden. II". Mycotaxon. 28 (1): 19–37.
  4. ^ Bourdot H, Galzin A (1912). "Hyménomycètes de France: IV. Corticiées: Vuilleminia, Aleurodiscus, Dendrothele, Gloeocystidium, Peniophora". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 28 (4): 349–409.
  5. ^ Tellería MT, Dueñas M, Melo I, Hallenberg N, Martín MP (2010). "A re-evaluation of Hypochnicium (Polyporales) based on morphological and molecular characters" (PDF). Mycologia. 102 (6): 1426–1436. doi:10.3852/09-242. PMID 20943566.