Chlorovibrissea

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Chlorovibrissea
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Chlorovibrissea korfii in Yunnan province, China
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Chlorovibrissea

L.M.Kohn (1989)
Type species
Chlorovibrissea bicolor
(G.W.Beaton & Weste) L.M.Kohn (1989)
Species

C. bicolor
C. chilensis
C. korfii
C. melanochlora
C. phialophora
C. tasmanica

Chlorovibrissea is a genus of six or more aquatic or semi-aquatic fungi in the family Vibrisseaceae. [1] [2] Most species are found in Australasia [3] but C. chilensis, described as new to science in 2014, is from South America [4] and C. korfii is from China. [2]

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 138. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. 1 2 Zheng, HD; Zhuang, WY (2017). "Chlorovibrissea korfii sp. nov. from northern hemisphere and Vibrissea flavovirens new to China". MycoKeys (26): 1–11. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.26.14506 .
  3. Kohn LM. (1989). "Chlorvibrissea (Helotiales, Leotiaceae), a new genus of austral discomycetes". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 4: 112–18.
  4. Sandoval-Leiva P, Carmarán CC, Park D, Romero AI, Johnston PR (2014). "Vibrisseaceous fungi from the southern hemisphere, including Chlorovibrissea chilensis (Helotiales, incertae sedis) sp. nov". Mycologia. 106 (6): 1159–67. doi:10.3852/14-009. hdl: 11336/17812 . PMID   25152002.