Cunninghammyces
Cunninghammyces is a genus of corticioid fungi in the family Cyphellaceae. The genus, described by Joost Stalpers in 1985,[1] contains two species known from New Zealand and Réunion.[2]
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| Genus: | Cunninghammyces Stalpers (1985) |
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| Cunninghammyces umbonatus (G.Cunn.) Stalpers (1985) | |
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C. fusisporus | |
The genus name of Cunninghammyces is in honour of Gordon Herriot Cunningham (1892–1962), who was the first New Zealand-based mycologist and plant pathologist.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Joost A. Stalpers in New Zealand J. Bot. Vol.23 on pages 301-309 in 1985.
See also
References
- Stalpers J. (1985). "Type studies of the species of Corticium described by G.H. Cunningham" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Botany. 23 (2): 301–10. doi:10.1080/0028825x.1985.10425332. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 183. 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.
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