Pseudohydnum

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Pseudohydnum
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Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
Scientific classification
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Fungi
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Pseudohydnum

P.Karst. (1868)
Type species
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
(Scop.) P.Karst. (1868)

Pseudohydnum is a genus of fungi in the order Auriculariales. The genus, first described by mycologist Petter Adolf Karsten in 1868,[1] has not been classified with certainty into a family, and so is incertae sedis with respect to familial placement. Pseudohydnum is monotypic, containing only the widely distributed species Pseudohydnum gelatinosum.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Karsten PA. 1868, Notiser ur Sällskapets pro Fauna et Flora Fennica Förhandlingar 9: 374
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 569. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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