Biology:Geopyxis

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Geopyxis
Geopyxis carbonaria.jpg
Geopyxis carbonaria
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Geopyxis
(Pers.) Sacc. (1889)
Type species
Geopyxis carbonaria
(Alb. & Schwein.) Sacc. (1889)
Species

see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Peziza sect. Geopyxis Pers. (1822)

Geopyxis is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution.[2] Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.[3]

Species

(As of August 2015), Index Fungorum lists 26 valid species (+1 discovered in 2016) of Geopyxis:[4]

  • Geopyxis acetabularioides
  • Geopyxis alba
  • Geopyxis albocinerea
  • Geopyxis alpina
  • Geopyxis bambusicola
  • Geopyxis carbonaria
  • Geopyxis carnea
  • Geopyxis cavinae
  • Geopyxis delectans (Starback) K.Hansen & X.H.Wang, 2016[5]
  • Geopyxis diluta
  • Geopyxis expallens
  • Geopyxis flavidula
  • Geopyxis foetida
  • Geopyxis granulosa
  • Geopyxis grossegranulosa
  • Geopyxis korfii
  • Geopyxis majalis
  • Geopyxis moelleriana
  • Geopyxis nebulosoides
  • Geopyxis patellaris
  • Geopyxis pellucida
  • Geopyxis pulchra
  • Geopyxis pusilla
  • Geopyxis radicans
  • Geopyxis rapuloides
  • Geopyxis rehmii
  • Geopyxis striatospora
  • Geopyxis vulcanalis

References

  1. "Synonymy: Geopyxis (Pers.) Sacc.". Species Fungorum. CAB International. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=2053. Retrieved 2015-08-25. 
  2. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2008. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
  3. "A phylogenetic overview of the family Pyronemataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales)". Mycological Research 111 (5): 549–571. 2007. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.014. PMID 17572335. 
  4. Kirk PM.. "Species Fungorum (version 30th July 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/20915520. Retrieved 2015-08-25. 
  5. "Taxonomy browser (Geopyxis delectans)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=1913012. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5535597 entry