Schenella pityophila is a species of fungus in the family Geastraceae found in Europe. It was originally described in 1977 as Pyrenogaster pityophilus,[2] before being transferred to the genus Schenella in 2005.[3]

Schenella pityophila
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S. pityophila
Binomial name
Schenella pityophila
(Malençon & Riousset) Estrada & Lado (2005)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pyrenogaster pityophilus Malençon & Riousset (1977)

References edit

  1. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Schenella pityophila (Malençon & Riousset) Estrada & Lado [as 'pityophilus']". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  2. ^ Malençon G, Riousset L (1977). "Pyrenogaster pithyopilus G. Malençon et L. Riousset, nouveau genre et nouvelle espèce de Gastéromycète (Geastraceae)". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 93 (3): 289–311.
  3. ^ Estrada-Torres A, Gaither TW, Miller DL, Lado C, Keller HW (2005). "The myxomycete genus Schenella: morphological and DNA sequence evidence for synonymy with the gasteromycete genus Pyrenogaster". Mycologia. 97 (1): 139–149. doi:10.3852/mycologia.97.1.139. PMID 16389965.