Onygena

Onygena is the type genus of the fungal family Onygenaceae.[2] The genus contains five species found in North America and Europe that grow on bones and feathers.[3]

Onygena
Onygena equina
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Onygena

Pers. (1800)
Type species
Onygena equina
(Willd.) Pers. (1800)
Species

O. apus
O. corvina
O. equina
O. piligena

Synonyms[1]

Piligena Schumach. (1821)

References

  1. "Onygena Pers. 1800". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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