Biology:Mawsonia (fungus)
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Short description: Genus of fungi
| Mawsonia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lichinomycetes |
| Order: | Lichinales |
| Family: | Lichinaceae |
| Genus: | Mawsonia C.W. Dodge |
| Type species | |
| Mawsonia harrissonii C.W. Dodge
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Mawsonia is a genus of fungi within the family Lichinaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Mawsonia harrissonii.[1]
The genus name of Mawsonia is in honour of Sir Douglas Mawson (1882–1958), who was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Carroll William Dodge in B.A.N.Z. Antarct. Res. Exped. Rep. ser. B, vol.7 on page 236 in 1948.
References
- ↑ "Mawsonia". Catalogue of Life. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5M6S.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6794466 entry
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