Pseudohydnum is a genus of fungi in the order Auriculariales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are typically bracket-like and gelatinous, with or without a stipe, with a hydnoid (toothed) undersurface. The genus is widely distributed in both the northern and southern hemisphere, with thirteen species currently described and others awaiting description.

== Taxonomy ==

The genus, first described by Finnish mycologist Petter Adolf Karsten in 1868, has not yet been classified with certainty into a family. Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has confirmed Pseudohydnum as a natural (monophyletic) taxon.

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Karsten PA. 1868, Notiser ur Sällskapets pro Fauna et Flora Fennica Förhandlingar 9: 374

{{cite journal | author=Spirin V, Malysheva V, Viner I, Dudka V, Grebenc T, Miettinen O | year=2023 | title=Taxonomy and multigene phylogeny of Pseudohydnum (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota) | journal=Mycological Progress | volume=22 | issue=6 |doi=10.1007/s11557-023-01895-4| doi-access=free | hdl=20.500.12556/DiRROS-16576-b511a502-e6f0-911f-ba59-34147b859cbc | hdl-access=free }}

{{cite journal | author=Zhou H, Liu H, Gates GM, Wu F, Dai Y, Cooper JA. | year=2022 | title=Phylogeny and diversity of the genus Pseudohydnum (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota) | journal=Journal of Fungi | volume=8 | issue=7 | page=658 |doi=10.3390/jof8070658| pmid=35887415 | pmc=9325116 | doi-access=free }}

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Category:Auriculariales

Category:Taxa described in 1868

Category:Taxa named by Petter Adolf Karsten