''Hypocreopsis'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

ascomycete Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The def ...

fungi that form

ascomata An ascocarp, or ascoma (: ascomata), is the fruiting body (sporocarp (fungi), sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded ascus, asci, each of which typically contains four to ...

on the stems of trees and shrubs. The ascomata are orange-brown and consist of radiating, perithecial lobes.

Species

The genus includes three species: *''

Hypocreopsis amplectens ''Hypocreopsis amplectens'' is part of the family Hypocreaceae and genus '' Hypocreopsis'', a group of fungi that form ascomata on the stems of trees and shrubs. The ascomata are orange-brown and consist of radiating, perithecial lobes. This sp ...

'' *'' Hypocreopsis lichenoides'' *''

Hypocreopsis rhododendri ''Hypocreopsis rhododendri'' is an ascomycete fungus. It is commonly known as hazel gloves due to the resemblance of its orange-brown, radiating lobular ascocarp to rubber gloves, and because it is found on hazel (''Corylus avellana'') stems. D ...

'' The fruiting bodies of these species are macroscopically similar, other than the fact that ''H. lichenoides'' may develop brown mealy patches of

conidia A conidium ( ; : conidia), sometimes termed an asexual chlamydospore or chlamydoconidium (: chlamydoconidia), is an asexual, non- motile spore of a fungus. The word ''conidium'' comes from the Ancient Greek word for dust, ('). They are also ...

on the surface. The species may however be distinguished by their

spore In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual reproduction, sexual (in fungi) or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for biological dispersal, dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores fo ...

morphology: ''H. lichenoides'' has ellipsoid to short-

fusiform Fusiform (from Latin ''fusus'' ‘spindle’) means having a spindle (textiles), spindle-like shape that is wide in the middle and tapers at both ends. It is similar to the lemon (geometry), lemon-shape, but often implies a focal broadening of a ...

, 1-

septate In biology, a septum (Latin for ''something that encloses''; septa) is a wall, dividing a cavity or structure into smaller ones. A cavity or structure divided in this way may be referred to as septate. Examples Human anatomy * Interatrial se ...

spores; ''H. rhododendri'' has

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, 0-1 septate spores, and ''H. amplectens'' has cylindric, 2-3 septate spores.

Distribution

''Hypocreopsis amplectens'' and ''H. rhododendri'' are restricted to an

oceanic climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen climate classification, Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of co ...

. ''Hypocreopsis rhododendri'' occurs on the western fringe of Europe, and has also been recorded historically from the Appalachian mountains in the eastern USA, and '' H. amplectens'' has been found at just four sites in

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and

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. Hypocreopsis lichenoides is found across a wider climatic range, occurring in

temperate In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of the Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ran ...

-to-

polar Polar may refer to: Geography * Geographical pole, either of the two points on Earth where its axis of rotation intersects its surface ** Polar climate, the climate common in polar regions ** Polar regions of Earth, locations within the polar circ ...

climates across the northern hemisphere.

References

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* {{Authority control Sordariomycetes genera Hypocreaceae