Pachnocybe
Sign in to saveThe Pachnocybe are a genus of fungi, within the monotypic family of Pachnocybaceae , and within the monotypic order of Pachnocybales, within the class Pucciniomycetes. They are parasitic on plants or saprobic on rotten wood.
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- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassPucciniomycetes
- OrderPachnocybales
- FamilyPachnocybaceae
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The Pachnocybe are a genus of fungi, within the monotypic family of Pachnocybaceae , and within the monotypic order of Pachnocybales, within the class Pucciniomycetes. They are parasitic on plants or saprobic on rotten wood.
==History== The genus of Pachnocybe was created in 1836, when English cryptogamist Miles Joseph Berkeley moved several species from other genera into his new genus. Such as Sporocybe albida became Pachnocybe albida.
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