Hypocrea
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Hypocrea is a genus
of fungi in the Hypocreaceae
family. The widespread genus is estimated to contain 171 species that grow on rotten wood, and are often associated with other fungi. Anamorphic
genera associated with Hypocrea include Acremonium
, Gliocladium, Trichoderma
, and Verticillium
. Hypocrea was circumscribed by mycologist Elias Fries in 1825.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fungi in the Hypocreaceae
Hypocreaceae
The Hypocreaceae are a family within the class Sordariomycetes. Species of Hypocreaceae are usually recognized by their brightly colored, perithecial ascomata, typically yellow, orange or red. The family was proposed by Giuseppe De Notaris in 1844. According to the Dictionary of the Fungi , the...
family. The widespread genus is estimated to contain 171 species that grow on rotten wood, and are often associated with other fungi. Anamorphic
Teleomorph, anamorph and holomorph
The terms teleomorph, anamorph, and holomorph apply to portions of the life cycles of fungi in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.*Teleomorph: the sexual reproductive stage , typically a fruiting body....
genera associated with Hypocrea include Acremonium
Acremonium
Acremonium is a genus of Fungi in the Hypocreaceae family; it was previously known as "Cephalosporium".-Description:Acremonium species are usually slow growing and are initially compact and moist. Acremonium hyphae are fine and hyaline and produce mostly simple phialides. Their conidia are usually...
, Gliocladium, Trichoderma
Trichoderma
Trichoderma is a genus of fungi that is present in all soils, where they are the most prevalent culturable fungi. Many species in this genus can be characterized as opportunistic avirulent plant symbionts.-Species:...
, and Verticillium
Verticillium
Verticillium is a genus of fungi in the division Ascomycota, and are an anamorphic form of the Plectosphaerellaceae family. The genus used to include diverse groups comprising saprobes and parasites of higher plants, insects, nematodes, mollusc eggs and other fungi thus it can be seen that the...
. Hypocrea was circumscribed by mycologist Elias Fries in 1825.
Species
- Hypocrea americana
- Hypocrea andinensis
- Hypocrea argillacea
- Hypocrea atrogelatinosa
- Hypocrea atroviridis
- Hypocrea aurantia
- Hypocrea aurantiaca
- Hypocrea aureoviridis
- Hypocrea austrokoningii
- Hypocrea carnea
- Hypocrea ceramica
- Hypocrea cerebriformis
- Hypocrea citrina
- Hypocrea colensoi
- Hypocrea coprosmae
- Hypocrea cornea
- Hypocrea corticioides
- Hypocrea crassa
- Hypocrea cremea
- Hypocrea cupularis
- Hypocrea dichromospora
- Hypocrea dorotheae
- Hypocrea egmontensis
- Hypocrea eucorticioides
- Hypocrea gelatinosa
- Hypocrea hunua
- Hypocrea jecorina
- Hypocrea koningii
- Hypocrea lactea
- Hypocrea lacuwombatensis
- Hypocrea lenta
- Hypocrea lixii
- Hypocrea lutea
- Hypocrea macrospora
- Hypocrea manuka
- Hypocrea minutispora
- Hypocrea muroiana
- Hypocrea nebulosa
- Hypocrea neorufa
- Hypocrea nigricans
- Hypocrea novae-zelandiae
- Hypocrea orientalis
- Hypocrea pachybasioides
- Hypocrea pallida
- Hypocrea parapilulifera
- Hypocrea patella
- Hypocrea pezizoides
- Hypocrea phyllostachydis
- Hypocrea pilulifera
- Hypocrea placentula
- Hypocrea poronioidea
- Hypocrea protopulvinata
- Hypocrea pseudokoningii
- Hypocrea psychrophila
- Hypocrea pulvinata
- Hypocrea saccharina
- Hypocrea schweinitzii
- Hypocrea semiorbis
- Hypocrea spinulosa
- Hypocrea splendens
- Hypocrea stellata
- Hypocrea stilbohypoxyli
- Hypocrea strictipilosa
- Hypocrea strobilina
- Hypocrea subalpina
- Hypocrea sublibera
- Hypocrea subsplendens
- Hypocrea sulfurella
- Hypocrea sulphurea
- Hypocrea tawa
- Hypocrea toro
- Hypocrea tremelloides
- Hypocrea vinosa
- Hypocrea virens
- Hypocrea viridescens