Underwoodia (fungus)

Underwoodia is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the order Pezizales. The widespread genus contained many species,[1] beforre they were transferred to the Geomorium genus.[2] The genus, described by Charles Horton Peck in 1890, honors mycologist Lucien Marcus Underwood.[3]

Underwoodia
Underwoodia columnaris
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Underwoodia

Peck (1890)
Type species
Underwoodia columnaris
Peck (1890)

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[2]

  • Underwoodia columnaris Peck (1890)

Former species;[2]

  • U. beatonii Rifai (1968) = Geomorium beatonii, Geomoriaceae
  • U. campbellii Sacc. (1909) = Daleomyces phillipsii, Pezizaceae
  • U. fuegiana (Speg.) Gamundí (1957) = Geomorium fuegianum, Geomoriaceae
  • U. fuegiana var. cabrinii Raithelh. (1983) = Geomorium fuegianum, Geomoriaceae
  • U. singeri Gamundí & E. Horak (1979) = Geomorium singeri, Geomoriaceae
  • U. singeri var. fulvostipitata Gamundí & E. Horak (1979) = Geomorium singeri, Geomoriaceae
  • U. sparassoides (Boud.) Bánhegyi (1938) = Daleomyces phillipsii, Pezizaceae

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 713. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. Peck CH. (1890). "Report of the Botanist (1889)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 43: 51–97 (see p. 78).


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