Genea

Genea is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. There are about 32 species in the genus that occur in North America and Europe.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Italian mycologist Carlo Vittadini in 1831.[3]

Genea
Genea hispidula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Pezizomycetes
Order:
Pezizales
Family:
Pyronemataceae
Genus:
Genea

Vittad. (1831)
Type species
Genea verrucosa
Klotzsch (1839)
Synonyms[1]

Hydnocaryon Wallr. (1833)

The genus name of Genea is in honour of Carlo Giuseppe Gené (1800 - 1847), who was an Italian scientist (Zoology) and Professor of Zoology at the Turin Museum of Natural History.[4]

Selected species
  • Genea anthracina
  • Genea balsleyi
  • Genea cazaresii
  • Genea eucalyptorum
  • Genea harknessii
  • Genea hispidula
  • Genea klotzschii
  • Genea kraspedostoma
  • Genea papillosa
  • Genea pseudoverrucosa
  • Genea sphaerica
  • Genea subbaetica
  • Genea verrucosa

References
  1. "Genea Vittad. 1831". International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Vittadini C. (1831). Monographia Tuberacearum (in Latin). Milan, Italy: Ex Typographia F. Rusconi. p. 27.
  4. 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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