Biology:Hydropus

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Hydropus
Hydropus atramentosus
Scientific classification
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Kühner ex Singer (1948)
Type species
Hydropus fuliginarius
(Batsch) Singer (1943)

Hydropus is a genus of fungi in the family Marasmiaceae. The widespread genus contains about 100 species, especially in tropical areas,[1] but is not well represented in temperate regions. About 15 taxa are found in Europe; H. floccipus has the widest distribution in western Europe.[2] Hydropus was circumscribed by Rolf Singer in 1948.[3] Species in the genus have fruit bodies with caps that are mycenoid, collybioid, or omphaloid in form. Most species occur in tropical and subtropical regions, where they grow as saprobes on rotting wood, forest litter, and mosses.[4] Generally, most Hydropus species are rare, and several are known only from the type collection, including H. conicus, H. moserianus, H. nitens, and H. paradoxus.[2]

Species

  • Hydropus anthidepas
  • Hydropus atramentosus
  • Hydropus aurarius[5]
  • Hydropus conicus
  • Hydropus erinensis
  • Hydropus floccipes
  • Hydropus funebris
  • Hydropus griseolazulinus[6]
  • Hydropus kauffmanii[2]
  • Hydropus liciosae
  • Hydropus marginellus
  • Hydropus moserianus
  • Hydropus nitens
  • Hydropus nitrata
  • Hydropus paradoxus
  • Hydropus praedecurrens
  • Hydropus scabripes
  • Hydropus serifluus
  • Hydropus sphaerosporus
  • Hydropus subalpinus
  • Hydropus taxodii
  • Hydropus trichoderma

See also

References

  1. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2008. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Hydropus kauffmanii, first records from Europe". Mycotaxon 89: 331–9. 2004. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0089/002/0331.htm. 
  3. Singer R. (1948). "New and interesting species of Basidiomycetes. II". Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences 32: 103–50 (see p. 127). 
  4. Flora Agaricina Neerlandica. 4. Rotterdam, Netherlands: A.A.Balkema. 1999. pp. 166–7. ISBN 978-90-6191-860-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=SLSxG_rYhPMC&pg=PA166. 
  5. Takahashi H. (2002). "Two new species and one new combination of Agaricales from Japan". Mycoscience 43 (5): 397–403. doi:10.1007/s102670200058. 
  6. "Hydropus griseolazulinus, a striking new species from Paraíba, Brazil". Mycosphere 4 (2): 218–25. 2013. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/4/2/4. http://www.mycosphere.org/pdfs/MC4_2_No4.pdf. 

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