Cenococcum Moug. & Fr., in Fries, Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 3(1): 65 (1829).

MycoBank number: MB 7516; Index Fungorum number: IF 7516; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07680; 2 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with molecular data.

Type species – Cenococcum geophilum Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 3(1): 66 (1829).

Notes – Cenococcum geophilum exists as sterile mycelia and lacks sexual or asexual spores. Therefore, Cenococcum geophilum is identified primarily on mycelium morphology and mycorrhizal characters (Chilvers 1968, Trappe 1962, Miller et al. 1983).

Species

  • Cenococcum geophilum