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Dennisiomyces
Sign in to saveDennisiomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. Described by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1955, the genus contains five species found in South America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderAgaricales
- FamilyTricholomataceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Tricholomataceae
- Collections
- US, TENN-F, F
- Recorded in
- Guyana, United States, Costa Rica
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tricholomataceae
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- taxon name
- Dennisiomyces
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- genus
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Dennisiomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. Described by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1955, the genus contains five species found in South America.
The genus name of Dennisiomyces is in honour of Richard William George Dennis (1910 - 2003), British botanist (mycology) and plant pathologist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dennisiomyces” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.