Octospora

Octospora
Octospora humosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Octospora
Hedw. (1789)
Type species
Octospora leucoloma
Hedw. (1789)
Synonyms[1]

Humarina Seaver (1927)
Leucoloma Fuckel (1870)

Octospora is a genus of fungi in the Pyronemataceae family.

Species

Common names

An annual competition is run in the UK to give common names to species that currently only have Latin nomenclature, in order to make them more familiar to non-specialists. The fungus Octospora humosa, which is orange and grows among moss was given the name Hotlips, reflecting its bright colour and shape.

References

  1. "Octospora Hedw. 1789". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-06-03.

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