Skepperia is a genus of fungi in the family Thelephoraceae. The genus was described by mycologist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1857 to contain the type species Skepperia convoluta.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Berkeley in Trans. Linn. Soc. London vol.22 on page 130 in 1857.
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| Genus: | Skepperia Berk. (1857)
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| Skepperia convoluta Berk. (1857)
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The genus name of Skepperia is in honour of Edmund Skepper (1825–1867), who was a British botanist and chemist.[2]
Distribution
editIt is only recorded as being found in a few places worldwide, America and New Zealand.[3]
Species
editAs accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]
- Skepperia andina Pat. (1893)
- Skepperia convoluta Berk. (1857)
- Skepperia platensis (Speg.) Pat. (1897)
- Skepperia zeylanica Petch (1917)
Former species;
- S. carpatica Pilát (1927) = Cotylidia carpatica, Rickenellaceae family
- S. spathularia (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Pat. (1899) = Skepperiella spathularia Agaricales order
References
edit- ^ Berkeley MJ. (1857). "On some new fungi". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 22 (2): 129–31. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1856.tb00086.x.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Skepperia Berkeley, 1857". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Skepperia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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