Hodophilus
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| Hodophilus | |
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| Hodophilus atropunctus, Germany | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Clavariaceae |
| Genus: | Hodophilus R. Heim (1958) |
| Type species | |
| Hodophilus foetens (W. Phillips) Birkebak & Adamčík (2016) | |
| Species | |
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Hodophilus is a genus of agarics (gilled fungi) in the family Clavariaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are dull-coloured and have dry caps, rather distant, decurrent lamellae, white spores, and smooth, ringless stems. In Europe species are characteristic of old, unimproved grasslands (termed waxcap grasslands) which are a declining habitat, making them of conservation concern. Several species have a distinct odour of naphthalene.[1][2]
History
Hodophilus was described by French mycologist Roger Heim in 1957,[3] but this was invalid because he did not include a Latin diagnosis for the genus, as was required by the rules of nomenclature at the time.[4] The name Hodophilus was later (1958) validly published, but it was generally regarded as synonymous with the genus Camarophyllopsis.[4]
Current status
Recent molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, indicates that Hodophilus is monophyletic and forms a natural group distinct from Camarophyllopsis.[1][2][5][6][7]