Octaviania

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Octaviania
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Octaviania asterosperma
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Octaviania
Vittad. (1831) [1]
Type species
Octaviania asterosperma
Vittad. (1831)

Octaviania is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the family Boletaceae. The widespread genus is estimated to contain 15 species. [2]

The genus name honours of Vicenzo Ottaviani (1790–1853), an Italian doctor and mycologist and Professor of Medicine and Botany at University of Camerino. [3]

The genus was circumscribed by Carlo Vittadini in 1831. [1]

Species

As of September 2022, Species Fungorum (via the Catalogue of Life database) accepts 48 species of Octaviana. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Vittadini, C. (1831). Monographia Tuberacearum (in Latin). Milano, Italy. p. 15.
  2. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 478. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  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. S2CID   246307410 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. ↑ Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Octaviania". Catalog of Life Version 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Cabero J, García F, Alvarado P (2013). "Octaviania arbucalensis sp. nov. (Basidiomycota, Boletales, un nuevo hongo hipogeo localizado en Zamora (España)". Boletín de la Sociedad Micológica de Madrid. 35: 243–252.


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