Biology:Aleurina

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Aleurina
Aleurina ferruginea 137216.jpg
Aleurina ferruginea
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Aleurina

Massee (1898)
Type species
Aleurina tasmanica
Massee (1898)
Synonyms[1]

Jafneadelphus Rifai (1968)

Aleurina is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus, which was circumscribed by George Edward Massee in 1898,[2] is synonymous with Jafneadelphus as defined by Mien A. Rifai in 1968.[3] Aleurina is widely distributed and contains 11 species.[4]

Species

  • A. americana
  • A. argentina
  • A. asperula
  • A. calospora
  • A. echinata
  • A. ferruginea
  • A. imaii
  • A. magnicellula
  • A. olivaceofusca
  • A. subvirescens

References

  1. "Aleurina Massee 1898". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=25886. 
  2. Massee GE. (1898). "Fungi exotici, I". Bulletin of Miscellaneous Informations of the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew: 113–36. 
  3. Rifai MA. (1968). "The Australian Pezizales in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". Verhandelingen, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeling Natuurkunde 57 (3): 1–295. 
  4. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 

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