Engleromyces is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae. The genus contains two species, the typeEngleromyces goetzei (found in Africa and Asia) and E.sinensis (found in China), described as new in 2010. The genus was circumscribed in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.28 on page 327 in 1900 by German mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings.
The genus name of Engleromyces is in honour of Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844 – 1930), who was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography.
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↑"Engleromyces Henn". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
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↑Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10thed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p.236. ISBN978-0-85199-826-8.
↑Hennings P. (1900). "Fungi Africae orientalis". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (in German). 28: 318–29 (see p. 327).