Dennisiopsis

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Dennisiopsis
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Thelebolales
Family: Thelebolaceae
Genus: Dennisiopsis
Subram. & Chandras.
Type species
Dennisiopsis octospora
Subram. & Chandrash.

Dennisiopsis is a genus of fungi in the Thelebolaceae family. [1]

The genus name of Dennisiopsis is in honour of Richard William George Dennis (1910 - 2003), British botanist (mycology) and plant pathologist. [2]

The genus was circumscribed by Chirayathumadom Venkatachalier Subramanian and K.V. Chandrashekara in Kew Bull. Vol.31 (Issue 3) on page 639 in 1977.

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. 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.