Orbicula

Orbicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycetes
Order:	Pezizales
Family:	Pyronemataceae
Genus:	Orbicula; Cooke (1871)
Type species
	Orbicula cyclospora; Cooke (1871)
Species
	O. parietina; O. richenii;

Orbicula is a genus of fungi belonging to the Pyronemataceae family. [1] It consists of two species. The type species is Orbicula cyclospora, now known as Orbicula parietina. [2] The genus was documented in 1871 by English mycologist Mordecai Cubitt Cooke. [3]

References

"Index Fungorum - Names Record". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
"Orbicula | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
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[1] "Index Fungorum - Names Record". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-02-10.

[2] "Orbicula | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2022-02-10.

[3] "Loading..." www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 2022-02-10.