Singerina

Singerina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Singerina
Sathe & S.D.Deshp. (1981)
Type species
Singerina indica
Sathe & S.D.Deshp. (1981)

Singerina is a fungal genus in the family Agaricaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Singerina indica, found in Maharashtra, southwest India.

The genus name of Singerina is in honour of Rolf Singer (1906–1994), who was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms (agarics) in the 20th century.

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References

  1. ↑ "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Sathe AV, Deshpande S, Kulkarni SM, Daniel J (1980). Agaricales (Mushrooms) of South-west India - Part I: Agaricales (Mushrooms) of Maharashtra State. Pune, India: Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science. p. 35.
  3. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.