Sorokina is a genus of fungi in the family Dermateaceae.[1] The genus contains 6 species.[2]

Sorokina
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Sorokina

Sacc.
Type species
Sorokina microspora
(Berk.) Sacc.

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Syll. Fung. vol.10 on page 42 in 1892.

The genus name of Sorokina is in honour of Nikolai Vasilevich Sorokin (1846–1909), who was a Russian botanist, Mycologist, Microbiologist and Parasitologist. He was Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Garden of the Kazan Federal University.[3]

Species edit

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]

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References edit

  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 644. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  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.
  4. ^ "Sorokina - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

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