Urnula

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Urnula
The devil's urn, Urnula craterium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Sarcosomataceae
Genus: Urnula
Fr. (1849)
Type species
Urnula craterium
(Schwein.) Fr. (1851)
Species
  • U. craterium
  • U. groenlandica
  • U. helvelloides
  • U. lusitanica
  • U. megalocrater
  • U. mexicana
  • U. padeniana
  • U. torrendia

Urnula is a genus of fungi in the family Sarcosomataceae, circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1849.[1] The genus contains several found in Europe and North America.[2]

References

  1. Fries EM. (1849). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae (in Latin) (Stockholm & Leipzig: A. Bonnier) 2: 364 http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32636985 |url= missing title (help). 
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 714. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 


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