Camillea is a genus of fungi in the family Graphostromataceae. Collectively, the 40+ species in the genus have a widespread distribution, but are especially prevalent in tropical areas.[5] Fruit bodies of Camillea species tend to be cylindrical in shape.[6] The genus was originally circumscribed by Swedish mycologist Elias Fries in his 1849 work Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae.[7]

Camillea
Camillea mucronata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales
Family: Graphostromataceae
Genus: Camillea
Fr. (1849)
Type species
Camillea leprieurii
Mont. (1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bacillaria Mont. (1840)[2]
  • Diatrype subgen. Nummularoidea Cooke & Massee (1892)
  • Diatrypeopsis Speg. (1884)[3]
  • Jongiella M.Morelet (1971)[4]
  • Nummularioidea (Cooke & Massee) Lloyd (1924)

Species edit

As of June 2023, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 45 species of Camillea.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Synonymy: Camillea Fr". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ^ Montagne JPFC (1840). "Plantes cellulaires exotiques". Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique (in French). 13 (2): 339–359.
  3. ^ Spegazzini C. (1884). "Fungi guaranitici. Pugillus I". Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina. 18 (6): 263–286.
  4. ^ Morelet M. (1971). "De aliquibus in Mycologia novitatibus". Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles et d'Archéologie de Toulon et du Var (in Latin). 196: 7.
  5. ^ Kirk MP, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  6. ^ Mehrotra RS, Aneja KR (1990). An Introduction to Mycology. New Age International. p. 331. ISBN 978-81-224-0089-2.
  7. ^ Fries EM (1849). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae (in Latin). Vol. 2. Uppsala: Typographia Academica. p. 382.
  8. ^ "Camillea". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 June 2023.