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Rhizina
Sign in to saveRhizina is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the order Pezizales. The genus was circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in his 1815 work Observationes mycologicae, with R. undulata as the type species. R. atra and R. lignicola were added to the genus in 1921 and 1925, respectively, by Australian botanist Leonard Rodway.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Rhizinaceae
- Collections
- TENN-F, FLAS, NY, ARIZ, MNHN, CUP
- Recorded in
- United States, Madagascar, Japan, Norway, Germany, Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Rhizinaceae
- Image
- Rhizina undulata.JPG
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- taxon name
- Rhizina
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Rhizina
- taxonomic type
- Rhizina undulata
- Commons category
- Rhizina
- taxon author citation
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Rhizina is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the order Pezizales. The genus was circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in his 1815 work Observationes mycologicae, with R. undulata as the type species. R. atra and R. lignicola were added to the genus in 1921 and 1925, respectively, by Australian botanist Leonard Rodway.
==References==
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