Mawsonia (fungus)
Mawsonia is a genus of fungi within the family Lichinaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Mawsonia harrissonii.[1]
| Mawsonia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lichinomycetes |
| Order: | Lichinales |
| Family: | Lichinaceae |
| Genus: | Mawsonia C.W. Dodge |
| Type species | |
| Mawsonia harrissonii C.W. Dodge | |
The genus name of Mawsonia is in honour of Sir Douglas Mawson (1882–1958), who was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Carroll William Dodge in B.A.N.Z. Antarct. Res. Exped. Rep. ser. B, vol.7 on page 236 in 1948.
References
- "Mawsonia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- 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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