Pachycudonia is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Cudoniaceae.[1] The Japanese mycologist Sanshi Imai originally proposed it as a section of the genus Cudonia, basing it on the species Cudonia constrictospora, and describing the main characteristic of the genus as Pileus convexo-hemiglobosus vel depresso-convexus, crassus ("Pileus convex to hemispherical or depressed-convex, thick.") He later promoted it to distinct genus status in 1950.[2] Pachycudonia has three species:[1]

Pachycudonia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Rhytismatales
Family: Cudoniaceae
Genus: Pachycudonia
S.Imai (1950)
Type species
Pachycudonia constrictospora
(S.Ito & S.Imai) S.Imai (1950)

The distribution of the genus, when described by Imai in 1955, was restricted to Japan and the Pacific coast of North America.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pachycudonia". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. ^ Imai, Sanshi (1955). "Contributiones ad studia monographica Geoglossacearum. II". Science Reports of the Yokohama National University. II. 4: 1–11.