Horakiella

Horakiella is a genus of fungi within the Sclerodermataceae family that contains the two species H.clelandii and H. watarrkana.[1]

Horakiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Sclerodermataceae
Genus:
Horakiella

Castellano & Trappe
Type species
Horakiella clelandii
(Rodway) Castellano & Trappe

The genus name of Horakiella is in honour of Egon Horak (born 1937) is an Austrian mycologist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Michael A. Castellano and James Martin Trappe in Austral. Syst. Bot. vol.5 on page 641 in 1992.

References
  1. Mycobank: Horakiella
  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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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