Biology:Periconia

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Short description: Genus of fungi


Periconia
"Periconia glaucocephala"
Periconia glaucocephala
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Periconia

Tode Ex Fries, 1791[1]
Species

many, including

Synonyms
  • Berkeleyna O. Kuntze, 1898
  • Harpocephalum Atkinson, 1897
  • Pachytrichum Sydow, 1925
  • Sporocybe Fries, 1825
  • Sporodum Corda, 1837
  • Trichocephalum Costantin, 1888

Periconia is a genus of sac fungi in the order Pleosporales. Fossils of Periconia have been reported from 12 million year old rocks from central England.[2]

References

  1. Tode, Fungi Mecklenburgenses Selecti 2: 2 (1791)
  2. Pound, Matthew J.; Nuñez Otaño, Noelia B.; Romero, Ingrid C.; Lim, Michael; Riding, James B.; O’Keefe, Jennifer M. K. (2022). "The fungal ecology of the Brassington Formation (Middle Miocene) of Derbyshire, United Kingdom, and a new method for palaeoclimate reconstruction". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.947623. ISSN 2296-701X. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10623747 entry