Pseudohydnum

Pseudohydnum
Pseudohydnum species, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Auriculariales
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Pseudohydnum
P. Karst. (1868)
Type species
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
(Scop.) P. Karst. (1868)
Species

Pseudohydnum alienum
Pseudohydnum brunneiceps
Pseudohydnum cystidiatum
Pseudohydnum fusiformis
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
Pseudohydnum himalayanum
Pseudohydnum meridianum
Pseudohydnum omnipavum
Pseudohydnum orbiculare
Pseudohydnum placibile
Pseudohydnum rhododendri
Pseudohydnum sinogelatinosum
Pseudohydnum tasmanicum
Pseudohydnum totarae
Pseudohydnum umbrosum

Pseudohydnum is a genus of fungi in the order Auriculariales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are typically bracket-like and gelatinous, with or without a stipe, with a hydnoid (toothed) undersurface. The genus is widely distributed in both the northern and southern hemisphere, with over a dozen species currently described and others awaiting description.

Taxonomy

The genus, first described by Finnish mycologist Petter Adolf Karsten in 1868, has not yet been classified with certainty into a family. Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has confirmed Pseudohydnum as a natural (monophyletic) taxon.

References

  1. 1 2 Spirin V, Malysheva V, Viner I, Dudka V, Grebenc T, Miettinen O (2023). "Taxonomy and multigene phylogeny of Pseudohydnum (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota)". Mycological Progress. 22 (6). doi:10.1007/s11557-023-01895-4. hdl:20.500.12556/DiRROS-16576-b511a502-e6f0-911f-ba59-34147b859cbc.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Karsten PA. 1868, Notiser ur Sällskapets pro Fauna et Flora Fennica Förhandlingar 9: 374
  3. ↑ Zhou H, Liu H, Gates GM, Wu F, Dai Y, Cooper JA. (2022). "Phylogeny and diversity of the genus Pseudohydnum (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota)". Journal of Fungi. 8 (7): 658. doi:10.3390/jof8070658. PMC 9325116. PMID 35887415.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)