Biology:Onygena

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Onygena
Onygena equina.JPG
Onygena equina
Scientific classification
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Onygena

Pers. (1800)
Type species
Onygena equina
(Willd.) Pers. (1800)
Species

O. apus
O. corvina
O. equina
O. piligena

Synonyms[1]

Piligena Schumach. (1821)

Onygena is the type genus of the fungal family Onygenaceae.[2] The genus contains five species found in North America and Europe that grow on bones and feathers.[3]

References

  1. "Onygena Pers. 1800". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=3574. 
  2. "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. December 2007. http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  3. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q292280 entry