''Hydnodon'' is a fungal

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 ...

in the family

Hydnodontaceae The Hydnodontaceae are a family of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 15 genera and 105 species. It is the only family in the order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or es ...

. A

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

genus. it contains the single species ''Hydnodon thelephorus'', transferred to ''Hydnodon'' by Howard James Banker in 1913.

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Monotypic Basidiomycota genera Trechisporales Trechisporales genera {{Agaricomycetes-stub