Dennisiodiscus

Dennisiodiscus is a genus of fungi in the family Dermateaceae.[1] The genus contains 10 species.[2]

Dennisiodiscus
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Dennisiodiscus

Svrcek
Type species
Dennisiodiscus prasinus
(Quél.) Svrček
Species

D. cerberi
D. crossotus
D. hippocastani
D. hooglandii
D. insularis
D. prasinus
D. sedi

The genus name of Dennisiodiscus is in honour of Richard William George Dennis (1910 - 2003), British botanist (mycology) and plant pathologist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Mirko Svrček in Ceská Mykol. Vol.30 on page 9 in 1976, and then in Kew Bull. Vol.31 (Issues 3) on page 415 in 1977.

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References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 199. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.


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