Henningsomyces
| Henningsomyces | |
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| Henningsomyces candidus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Marasmiaceae |
| Genus: | Henningsomyces Kuntze (1898) |
| Type species | |
| Henningsomyces candidus (Pers.) Kuntze (1898)
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Henningsomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Marasmiaceae. Based on the small, tubular structure of its sporulating body it is called a cyphelloid fungi.
The genus name of Henningsomyces is in honour of Paul Christoph Hennings (1841–1908), who was a German mycologist and herbarium curator.
The genus was circumscribed by Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. vol.3 (issue 3) on page 483 in 1898.