Geohypha (Fr.) Hennebert, stat. nov.

MycoBank number: MB 835628; Index Fungorum number: IF 835628; Facesoffungi number: FoF;

≡Hyphelia sect. Geohypha Fr., Summa Veg. Scand. 2: 447, 1849.

Type species: Geohypha terrestris (Fr.) Hennebert

= Hyphelia [unranked] Hyphomycetoidea Fr., Syst. Mycol. 3(1): 213, 1829, nom. sanct.

Ascomycota, ascomata unknown. Hyphae septate, hyaline, intricate, irregular, branched. Conidiophores short as lateral outgrowths from vegetatve hyphae bearing one conidium or long narrow sinuous and self-ramified branch, sparsely septate, bearing a conidium on each of the many lateral outgrowths and terminal ends. Conidiogenesis thallic,  solitary  on  hyphal  outgrowths,  secession schizolytic. Conidia one-celled, globose or subglobose, sometimes napiform, hyaline, smooth to verrucose. Habitat on soil.