Hypocreopsis P. Karst., Bidr. Känn. Finl. Nat. Folk 23: 251 (1873)

MycoBank number: MB 2436; Index Fungorum number: IF 2436; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13217; 10 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 3 species with sequence data.

Type species – Hypocreopsis riccioidea (Bolton) P. Karst.

Notes – Hypocreopsis species occur on decaying woody substrates and resupinate basidiomycetes (Rossman et al. 1999, Stasinska 2004, Johnston et al. 2007). The genus is characterized by globose, white to pale yellow, perithecial ascomata, immersed in a well- developed, radially shreaded, often lobate, reddish brown to grey stromata, cylindrical asci and ellipsoid to fusiform, 1–3 septate, hyaline, minutly to coarsely warted ascospores (Rossman et al. 1999, Stasinska 2004, Johnston et al. 2007). No asexual morph is linked to this genus.

Species

  • Hypocreopsis riccioidea