Kavinia

Kavinia
Kavinia alboviridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Gomphales
Family:	Lentariaceae
Genus:	Kavinia Pilát (1938)
Type species
Kavinia alboviridis (Pilát) Pilát (1938)
Species
K. alboviridis K. himantia K. globispora K. salmonea K. vivantii
Synonyms[1]
Kavinia subgen. Hydnocristella (R.H.Petersen) Boidin & Gilles (2000)

Kavinia is a genus of fungi in the Lentariaceae family. The genus contains five species and has a largely European distribution.[2]

The genus name of Kavinia is in honour of Karel Kavina (1890–1948) was a Czech botanist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Albert Pilát in Stud. Bot. Cech. vol.1 on page 3 in 1938.

References

1. "Kavinia Pilát 1938". MycoBank. International Mycolological Association. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 350. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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.