''Cryptendoxyla'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the
Cephalothecaceae
The Cephalothecaceae are a family of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes. The family was circumscribed in 1917 by Austrian naturalist Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel. Species in this family are saprobic, often growing on rotten wood or on other fun ...
family of the
Ascomycota
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 ...
.
This is a
monotypic
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genus, containing the single species ''Cryptendoxyla hypophloia''.
References
Sordariales
Monotypic Sordariomycetes genera
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