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Daldinia

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Daldinia
Daldinia concentrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales
Family: Hypoxylaceae
Genus: Daldinia
Ces. & De Not. (1863)
Type species
Daldinia concentrica
(Bolton) Ces. & De Not. (1863)

Daldinia is a genus of fungi in the family Hypoxylaceae.[1]

The genus name of Daldinia is in honour of Agostino Daldini (1817-1895), a Swiss clergyman and botanist, a Capuchin friar from Locarno.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Vincenzo de Cesati in Comment. Soc. Crittog. Ital. 1: Issue 50 on pages 197-360 in 1863.

Species

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As of October 2024, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accept 56 species of Daldinia:[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Index Fungorum entry for Daldinia".
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "Daldinia". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
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