Montagnea

Montagnea
Montagnea arenaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Montagnea Fr. (1836)
Type species
Montagnea arenaria (DC.) Zeller (1943)
Synonyms[1]
Montagnites Fr. (1838) Montagnea (Pallas) Šebek[2]

Montagnea is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution in subtropical dry areas, and contains six species.[3] Montagnea was circumscribed by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1836.[4]

The genus name of Montagnea is in honour of Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne (1784–1866), who was a French military physician and botanist who specialized in the fields of bryology and mycology.[5]

Species

As accepted by GBIF;[2]

• Montagnea arenaria (DC.) Zeller, 1943
• Montagnea argentina (Speg.) Singer, 1969
• Montagnea candollei (Fr.) Fr. 1854
• Montagnea psamathonophila (Speg.) Raithelh. 1990
• Montagnea radiosa (Pall.) Šebek, 1954
• Montagnea tenuis (Pat.) Teng, 1964

See also

• List of Agaricaceae genera
• List of Agaricales genera

References

1. "Synonymy: Montagnea Fr". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
2. "Montagnea Fr". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 438. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
4. Fries EM. (1835). Corpus Florarum provincialium suecicae I. Floram Scanicam (in Latin). Typis Palmblad, Sebell. p. 339.
5. 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.