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Conohypha

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Meruliaceae

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Polyporales

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Crustoderma, Loweomyces, Hypochnicium

Conohypha is a genus of two species of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Swiss mycologist Walter Jülich in 1975. The crust-like fruit bodies of Conohypha are white to cream in colour and membrane-like. The hyphal system is monomitic, meaning it contains only generative hyphae. These hyphae are hyaline with thin walls, and have clamp connections.

References

Conohypha Wikipedia