Engleromyces

Engleromyces is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae.[3] The genus contains two species, the type Engleromyces goetzei (found in Africa and Asia) and E. sinensis (found in China), described as new in 2010.[4] The genus was circumscribed in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.28 on page 327 in 1900 by German mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings.[5]

Engleromyces
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales
Family: Xylariaceae
Genus: Engleromyces
P.Henn. (1900)
Type species
Engleromyces goetzei
P.Henn. (1900)
Species

E. goetzei
E. sinensis

Synonyms[1]
  • Colletomanginia Har. & Pat. (1906)[2]
  • Stromne Clem. (1909)
  • Cerillum Clem. (1931)

The genus name of Engleromyces is in honour of Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844 – 1930), who was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography.[6]

References
  1. "Engleromyces Henn". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  2. Hariot P, Patouillard NT (1906). "Sur un nouveau genre de champignons de l'Afrique orientale anglaise". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 142: 224–6.
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  4. Whalley MA, Khalil AMA, Wei T-Z, Yao Y-J, Whalley AJS (2010). "A new species of Engleromyces from China, a second species in the genus". Mycotaxon. 112: 317–23. doi:10.5248/112.317-.
  5. Hennings P. (1900). "Fungi Africae orientalis". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (in German). 28: 318–29 (see p. 327).
  6. 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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