Shiraia bambusicola
| Shiraia bambusicola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Subclass: | Dothideomycetidae |
| Order: | Dothideales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Shiraia |
| Species: | S. bambusicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Shiraia bambusicola P. Henn. 1900 | |
Shiraia bambusicola is a parasitic fungus on twigs of several genera of bamboos, and its relatively large stromata are used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is widely distributed in many provinces of Southern China and also in Japan.
The genus Shiraia, named after Dr. Mitsutaro Shirai, was first established and proposed as a member of the family Nectriaceae by P. Hennings in 1900.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Hennings, P. (1900). "Fungi japonici". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28 (3): 273–280.
- ↑ Saccardo, P.A.; Sydow, P. (1902). Sylloge Fungorum (XVI ed.). p. 600.
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