Ascocoryne

Ascocoryne
Ascocoryne sarcoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Helotiaceae
Genus: Ascocoryne
J.W.Groves & D.E.Wilson (1967)
Type species
Ascocoryne sarcoides
(Jacq.) J.W.Groves & D.E.Wilson (1967)
Species

A. cylichnium
A. javanica
A. sarcoides
A. solitaria
A. striata

Ascocoryne is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae. It was circumscribed in 1967 by James Walton Groves and Doreen Wilson as a genus segregate from Coryne.[1] As of March 2015, Index Fungorum places five species in Ascocoryne.[2]

References

  1. Groves JW, Wilson DE. (1967). "The nomenclatural status of Coryne". Taxon 16: 35–41. JSTOR 1217104.
  2. Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 15th February 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2015-03-04.

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