Dennisiodiscus

Dennisiodiscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Ascomycetes
Order:
Helotiales
Family:
Dermateaceae
Genus:
Dennisiodiscus

Svrcek
Type species
Dennisiodiscus prasinus
(Quél.) Svrček
Species

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

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

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 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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