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Hydnotrya

Hydnotrya is a genus of ascomycete fungi related to the false morels of the genus Gyromitra. There are about 15 species in the genus. A molecular phylogenetic study recovered a species that was described but neglected for 50 years, Hydnotrya bailii.

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Hydnotrya
Hydnotrya tulasnei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Discinaceae
Genus: Hydnotrya
Berk. & Broome (1846)
Type species
Hydnotrya tulasnei
(Berk.) Berk. & Broome (1846)
Synonyms1
  • Geoporella Soehner (1951)
  • Gyrocratera Henn. (1899)

Hydnotrya is a genus of ascomycete fungi related to the false morels of the genus Gyromitra. There are about 15 species in the genus.2 A molecular phylogenetic study recovered a species that was described but neglected for 50 years, Hydnotrya bailii.3

Species

  • Hydnotrya bailii
  • Hydnotrya cerebriformis
  • Hydnotrya confusa
  • Hydnotrya cubispora
  • Hydnotrya inordinata
  • Hydnotrya michaelis
  • Hydnotrya soehneri
  • Hydnotrya subnix
  • Hydnotrya tulasnei
  • Hydnotrya variiformis
References

References

  1. "Hydnotrya Berk. & Broome 1846". International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  2. 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.
  3. Stielow B, Bubnek B, Hensel G, Münzenberger B, Hoffmann P, Klenk H-P, Göker M (2010). "The neglected hypogeous fungus Hydnotrya bailii Soehner (1959) is a widespread sister taxon of Hydnotrya tulasnei (Berk.) Berk. & Broome (1846)". Mycological Progress. 9 (2): 195–203. Bibcode:2010MycPr...9..195S. doi:10.1007/s11557-009-0625-1. S2CID 26591823.
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