Hypocreopsis
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| Hypocreopsis | |
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| Hypocreopsis rhododendri on a hazel tree. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Hypocreaceae |
| Genus: | Hypocreopsis P.Karst (1873) |
| Type species | |
| Hypocreopsis lichenoides (Tode) Seaver (1910) | |
Hypocreopsis is a genus of ascomycete fungi that form ascomata on the stems of trees and shrubs. The ascomata are orange-brown and consist of radiating, perithecial lobes.
The genus includes three species:[1]
The fruiting bodies of these species are macroscopically similar, other than the fact that H. lichenoides may develop brown mealy patches of conidia on the surface.[1][2] The species may however be distinguished by their spore morphology: H. lichenoides has ellipsoid to short-fusiform, 1-septate spores;[3] H. rhododendri has globose, 0-1 septate spores,[3] and H. amplectens has cylindric, 2-3 septate spores.[1]
