Plectania

Plectania
Plectania nannfeldtii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Sarcosomataceae
Genus: Plectania
Fuckel (1870)
Type species
Plectania melastoma
(Sowerby II) Fuckel (1870)
Synonyms

Gloeocalyx Massee (1901)
Peziza subgen. Rhizopodella Cooke (1879)

Plectania is a genus of fungi in the family Sarcosomataceae. It was circumscribed by German botanist Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in 1870.

There were 15 species in the genus in 2008, this has increased to 19 by 2023.

Distribution

It has a widespread, cosmopolitan distribution, especially in northern temperate areas.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;

Former species (all Sarcosomataceae unless stated otherwise);

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Plectania Fuckel 1870". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
  2. ↑ Fuckel L. (1870). "Symbolae mycologicae. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der rheinischen Pilze". Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde (in German). 23–4: 323.
  3. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 544. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  4. 1 2 3 "Plectania - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Plectania Fuckel, 1870". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Carbone M, Agnello C, LaGreca S (2012). "Plectania seaveri (Ascomycota, Pezizales), a new discomycete from Bermuda". Mycotaxon. 120: 317–29. doi:10.5248/120.317.