Malajczukia is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the Mesophelliaceae family.[1] The genus contains eight species found in Australia and New Zealand.[2]

Malajczukia
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Malajczukia

Trappe & Castellano (1992)
Type species
Malajczukia viridigleba
Trappe & Castellano (1992)
Species

M. amicorum
M. fusispora
M. ingratissima
M. karrialis
M. novae-zelandiae
M. spumoidea
M. tropica
M. viridigleba

The genus name of Malajczukia is in honour of Nicholas Malajczuk, an Australian botanist (Mycology and Lichenology).[3]

The genus was circumscribed by James Martin 'Jim' Trappe and Michael Angelo Castellano in Austral. Syst. Bot. vol.5 (Issue 5) on page 618 in 1992.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ a b Trappe JM, Castellano MA, Trappe MJ (1992). "Australasian truffle-like fungi. IV. Malajczukia gen. nov. (Basidiomycotina, Mesophelliaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 5 (5): 617–30. doi:10.1071/SB9920617.
  3. ^ 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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