Skepperiella

Skepperiella is a genus of fungus in the family Marasmiaceae. The widespread genus contains four species.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Albert Pilát in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France vol.43 on page 56 in 1927.

Skepperiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Phylum:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Marasmiaceae
Genus:
Skepperiella

Type species
Skepperiella spathularia
(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Pilát

The genus name of Skepperia is in honour of Edmund Skepper (1825–1867), who was a British botanist and chemist.[2]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[3]

  • Skepperiella cochlearis Pegler (1973)
  • Skepperiella merulioides (R. Heim) Pegler (1973)
  • Skepperiella populi Singer (1963)
  • Skepperiella spathularia (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Pilát (1927)

See also

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 638. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. 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.
  3. "Skepperiella - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 October 2022.


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