Ascocoryne

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Ascocoryne
Ascocoryne sarcoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Helotiaceae
Genus: Ascocoryne
J.W.Groves & D.E.Wilson (1967)
Type species
Ascocoryne sarcoides
(Jacq.) J.W.Groves & D.E.Wilson (1967)
Species

A. cylichnium
A. javanica
A. sarcoides
A. solitaria
A. striata

Synonyms

Ascocoryne J.W. Groves & D.E.Wilson, 1967

Ascocoryne is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae. It was circumscribed in 1967 by James Walton Groves and Doreen Wilson to accommodate the sexual morph and to reserve Coryne for the asexual morph.[1] Today, only one name is allowed for the whole fungus and Coryne is treated a synonym of Ascocoryne. As of March 2015, Index Fungorum places five species in Ascocoryne.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Groves JW, Wilson DE. (1967). "The nomenclatural status of Coryne". Taxon. 16 (1): 35–41. doi:10.2307/1217104. JSTOR 1217104.
  2. ^ Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 15th February 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 4 March 2015.