Coppinsia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Trapeliaceae.[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Coppinsia minutissima.

Coppinsia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Baeomycetales
Family: Trapeliaceae
Genus: Coppinsia
Lumbsch & Heibel (1998)
Type species
Coppinsia minutissima
Lumbsch & Heibel (1998)

The genus name of Coppinsia is in honour of Brian John Coppins (b.1949), British botanist (Mycology and Lichenology), who worked in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Helge Thorsten Lumbsch and Esther Heibel in Lichenologist Vol.30 on page 96 in 1998.

References

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  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.