Wenyingia
| Wenyingia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Pyronemataceae |
| Genus: | Wenyingia Zheng Wang & Pfister (2001) |
| Type species | |
| Wenyingia sichuanensis Zheng Wang & Pfister (2001) | |
Wenyingia is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Wenyingia sichuanensis, found in 1997 in the western Sichuan Province in China. The specific epithet is named for Professor Wen-ying Zhuang, mycologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1] A cup fungus, its distinctive feature is a very thin spider-web membrane that covers the hymenium.
References
- ↑ Wang Z, Pfister DH. (2001). Wenyingia, a new genus in Pezizales (Otideaceae). Mycotaxon 79: 397–9.