Cunninghammyces is a genus of corticioid fungi in the family Cyphellaceae. The genus, described by Joost Stalpers in 1985,[1] contains two species known from New Zealand and Réunion.[2]

Cunninghammyces
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Cunninghammyces

Stalpers (1985)
Type species
Cunninghammyces umbonatus
(G.Cunn.) Stalpers (1985)
Species

C. fusisporus
C. umbonatus

The genus name of Cunninghammyces is in honour of Gordon Herriot Cunningham (1892–1962), who was the first New Zealand-based mycologist and plant pathologist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Joost A. Stalpers in New Zealand J. Bot. Vol.23 on pages 301-309 in 1985.

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References edit

  1. ^ Stalpers J. (1985). "Type studies of the species of Corticium described by G.H. Cunningham" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Botany. 23 (2): 301–10. Bibcode:1985NZJB...23..301S. doi:10.1080/0028825x.1985.10425332. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ 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.