| Neolamya | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Informal group: | Sordariomycetes incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Neolamya Theiss. & Syd. (1918) |
| Type species | |
| Neolamya peltigerae (Mont.) Theiss. & Syd. (1918) | |
| Species | |
Neolamya is a genus of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ( incertae sedis ). [1]
The genus name of Neolamya is in honour of Pierre Marie Édouard Lamy de la Chapelle (1804–1886), who was a French botanist. [2]
The genus was circumscribed by Ferdinand Theissen and Hans Sydow in Ann. Mycol. vol.16 on page 29 in 1918.