Dennisiomyces
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Genus: | Dennisiomyces Singer (1955)
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Dennisiomyces glabrescentipes Singer (1955)
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D. fuscoalbus |
Dennisiomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. Described by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1955,[1] the genus contains five species found in South America.[2]
The genus name of Dennisiomyces is in honour of Richard William George Dennis (1910 - 2003), British botanist (mycology) and plant pathologist.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Singer R. (1955). "New species of Agaricales from Pernambuco". Anais da Sociedade de Biologia de Pernambuco. 13: 225–33.
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ 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.