Hypochnus Explained

Hypochnus is a genus of fungi. The original treatment of the genus by Elias Magnus Fries included various wholly unrelated species, therefore it is now considered a nomen ambiguum, with the type species H. ferrugineus assigned to Tomentella.

Species

• Hypochnus anthochrous ((Pers: Fr) Fr, 1863)
• Hypochnus chlorinus (Massee, 1901)
• Hypochnus cinerascens (P.Karst, 1888)
• Hypochnus cucumeris (A.B.Frank, 1883)
• Hypochnus ferrugineus
• Hypochnus fuciformis (McAlpine, 1906)
• Hypochnus fuscus
• Hypochnus fusisporus (J.Schrot., 1888)
• Hypochnus ochroleucus (Noack, 1898) – a plant pathogen
• Hypochnus olivaceus (Fr. : Fr., 1828)
• Hypochnus rhacodium Berk. & M.A. Curtis ex Burt 1926