Singerina

Singerina is a fungal genus in the family Agaricaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Singerina indica,[1] found in Maharashtra, southwest India.[2]

Singerina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Agaricaceae
Genus:
Singerina

Sathe & S.D.Deshp. (1981)
Type species
Singerina indica
Sathe & S.D.Deshp. (1981)

The genus name of Singerina is in honour of Rolf Singer (1906–1994), who was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms (agarics) in the 20th century.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  2. Sathe AV, Deshpande S, Kulkarni SM, Daniel J (1980). Agaricales (Mushrooms) of South-west India - Part I: Agaricales (Mushrooms) of Maharashtra State. Pune, India: Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science. p. 35.
  3. 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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