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Hydropus
Sign in to saveHydropus is a genus of fungi in the family Porotheleaceae. The widespread genus contains about 100 species, especially in tropical areas, but is not well represented in temperate regions. About 15 taxa are found in Europe; H. floccipus has the widest distribution in western Europe. Hydropus was circumscribed by Rolf Singer in 1948. 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. Generally, most Hydropus specie
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Within Vinony's link graph, Hydropus is referenced by 9 other articles, and connects out to fungi, International Standard Book Number and Wikidata.
It is catalogued under topics including Agaricales genera, Marasmiaceae and Taxa named by Rolf Singer.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 256
- With media
- 94
- Family
- Mycenaceae
- Collections
- F, MICH, US, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
- Recorded in
- United States, Costa Rica, India, Guyana, Bolivia, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Marasmiaceae
- Image
- Hydropus atramentosus 40885.jpg
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- taxon name
- Hydropus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Hydropus
- topic's main category
- Category:Hydropus
- taxon author citation
- Kühner ex Singer
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Selected species
- See also
- References
- External links
Hydropus is a genus of fungi in the family Porotheleaceae. The widespread genus contains about 100 species, especially in tropical areas, but is not well represented in temperate regions. About 15 taxa are found in Europe; H. floccipus has the widest distribution in western Europe. Hydropus was circumscribed by Rolf Singer in 1948. 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. 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.
==Selected species==
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