Phillipsia

Phillipsia
Phillipsia domingensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Sarcoscyphaceae
Genus: Phillipsia
Berk. (1881)
Type species
Phillipsia domingensis
Berk. (1881)
Synonyms[1]

Rickiella Syd. (1904)

Phillipsia is a genus of fungi in the family Sarcoscyphaceae. There are about 17 species in the genus, which collectively have a widespread distribution in subtropical and tropical areas.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1881.[3] The generic name honours Wales-born English botanist William Phillips (1822–1905).[4]

Species

  • Phillipsia carminea
  • Phillipsia carnicolor
  • Phillipsia chardoniana
  • Phillipsia chinensis
  • Phillipsia costaricensis
  • Phillipsia crenulata
  • Phillipsia crenulopsis
  • Phillipsia crispata
  • Phillipsia dochmia
  • Phillipsia domingensis
  • Phillipsia gigantea
  • Phillipsia guatemalensis
  • Phillipsia hartmannii
  • Phillipsia kermesina
  • Phillipsia lutea
  • Phillipsia minor
  • Phillipsia olivacea
  • Phillipsia plicarioides
  • Phillipsia polyporoides
  • Phillipsia ranomafanensis
  • Phillipsia rugospora
  • Phillipsia straminea
  • Phillipsia subpurpurea
  • Phillipsia tetraspora
  • Phillipsia umbilicata

References

  1. "Phillipsia Berk. :388, 1881". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 522. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  3. Berkeley MJ. (1881). "Australian fungi – II". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 18: 383–9. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1881.tb01261.x.
  4.  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Phillips, William". Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 116.

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