Biology:Wenyingia
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| Genus: | Wenyingia Zheng Wang & Pfister (2001)
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Wenyingia is a fungal genus in the family Pyronemataceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Wenyingia sichuanensis, found in 1997 in the western Sichuan Province in China . The specific epithet is named for Professor Wenying Zhuang, mycologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1] A cup fungus, its distinctive feature is a very thin spider-web membrane that covers the hymenium.
References
- ↑ "Wenyingia, a new genus in Pezizales (Otideaceae)". Mycotaxon 79: 397–9. 2001. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0079/0397.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q7983069 entry
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