Onygena

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Onygena
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Onygena equina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Onygenales
Family: Onygenaceae
Genus: Onygena
Pers. (1800)
Type species
Onygena equina
(Willd.) Pers. (1800)
Species

O. apus
O. corvina
O. equina
O. piligena

Synonyms [1]

PiligenaSchumach. (1821)

Onygena is the type genus of the fungal family Onygenaceae. [2] The genus contains five species found in North America and Europe that grow on bones and feathers. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Onygena Pers. 1800". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  2. ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  3. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p.  482. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.


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