Pulvinula

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Pulvinula
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Pulvinula convexella
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Pulvinula

Boud. (1885)
Type species
Pulvinula convexella
(P.Karst.) Pfister (1976)
Synonyms [1]
  • PulpariaP.Karst. (1866) [2]

Pulvinula is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus was described by French mycologist Jean Louis Émile Boudier in 1885. [3]

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Pyronemataceae family of fungi

The Pyronemataceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. It is the largest family of the Pezizales, encompassing 75 genera and approximately 500 species. Recent phylogenetic analyses does not support the prior classifications of this family, and suggest that the family is not monophyletic as it is currently circumscribed.

Jean Louis Émile Boudier French botanist and scientific illustrator

Jean Louis Émile Boudier was a pharmacist who lived in Montmorency, France. He published a fair amount about the Discomycetes and other areas of mycology. He often used Émile as his first name.

Species

Pulvinula cinnabarina is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. This is a European fungus of sandy soils, sometimes occurring at fire sites. The small orange, cushion-shaped ascocarps appear in summer and early autumn.

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<i>Pachyella</i> genus of fungi

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<i>Wynnella</i> genus of fungi

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References

  1. "Pulvinula Boud". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  2. Karsten P. (1871). "Mycologia fennica. Pars prima. Discomycetes". Bidrag till Kännedom av Finlands Natur och Folk (in Latin). 19: 9.
  3. Boudier JLÉ. (1885). "Nouvelle classification naturelle des Discomycètes charnus". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 1: 97–120 (see p.&nbsp, 107).