Lenzitopsis is a genus of fungi in the family Thelephoraceae. This genus contains two species, the type Lenzitopsis oxycedri and L. daii, described as new to science in 2012.[4]

Lenzitopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Thelephoraceae
Genus: Lenzitopsis
Malençon & Bertault (1963)[1]
Type species
Lenzitopsis oxycedri
Malençon & Bertault (1963)
Species

Lenzitopsis daii
Lenzitopsis oxycedri

Synonyms[2]

The genus name of Lenzitopsis is in honour of Harald Othmar Lenz (1798–1870), who was a German naturalist from Thüringen.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Malençon G, Bertault R. (1963). "Lenzitopsis oxycedri Malençon & Bertault, genre nouveau et espéce nouvelle d'Aphyllophorales a spores colorees". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 79 (1): 75–82.
  2. ^ "Lenzitopsis Malençon & Bertault". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  3. ^ Ryvarden L. (1991). Genera of Polypores, Nomenclature and Taxonomy. Synopsis Fungorum. Vol. 5. Lubrecht & Cramer. p. 174. ISBN 978-8290724103.
  4. ^ Zhou L-W, Kõljag U. (2012). "A new species of Lenzitopsis (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota) and its phylogenetic placement". Mycoscience. 54 (1): 87–92. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2012.06.002.
  5. ^ 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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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