Biology:Korfia
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Short description: Genus of fungi
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| Class: | Ascomycetes
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| Genus: | Korfia J. Reid & Cain
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| Korfia tsugae (E.K. Cash & R.W. Davidson) J. Reid & Cain
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Korfia is a genus of fungi in the family Hemiphacidiaceae.[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Korfia tsugae.[2]
The genus name of Korfia is in honour of Richard Paul "Dick" Korf (1925–2016), who was an American mycologist and founding co-editor of the journal Mycotaxon.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by James Reid and Roy Franklin Cain in Mycologia vol.55 on page 783 in 1963.
References
- ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp.
- ↑ "Korfia J.Reid & Cain" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2580548.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6432204 entry
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