Underwoodia

Underwoodia
Underwoodia columnaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Helvellaceae
Genus: Underwoodia
Peck (1890)
Type species
Underwoodia columnaris
Peck (1890)
Species

Underwoodia columnaris
Underwoodia fuegiana
Underwoodia singeri

Underwoodia is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the family Helvellaceae. The widespread genus contains three species.[1] The genus, described by Charles Horton Peck in 1890, honors mycologist Lucien Marcus Underwood.[2]

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 713. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Peck CH. (1890). "Report of the Botanist (1889)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 43: 51–97 (see p. 78).


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