Schenella

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Schenella
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Schenella

T.Macbr. (1911)
Type species
Schenella simplex
T.Macbr. (1911)
Species

S. microspora
S. pityophila
S. romana
S. simplex

Synonyms [1]
  • PyrenogasterMalençon & Riousset (1977)

Schenella is a genus of fungi in the family Geastraceae. The widely distributed genus contains four species. [2] The genus was circumscribed by Thomas Huston Macbride in 1911. [3] Pyrenogaster, described in 1977, [4] is a later synonym. [1] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Schenella T. Macbr. 1911". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 618. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Macbride TH (1911). "A new genus of Myxomycetes" . Mycologia. 3 (1): 39–40. doi:10.2307/3753654. JSTOR   3753654.
  4. Malençon G, Riousset L (1977). "Pyrenogaster pithyopilus G. Malençon et L. Riousset, nouveau genre et nouvelle espèce de Gastéromycète (Geastraceae)". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 93 (3): 289–311.
  5. Estrada-Torres A, Gaither TW, Miller DL, Lado C, Keller HW (2005). "The myxomycete genus Schenella: morphological and DNA sequence evidence for synonymy with the gasteromycete genus Pyrenogaster" . Mycologia. 97 (1): 139–149. doi:10.3852/mycologia.97.1.139. PMID   16389965.