Wenyingia sichuanensis

Wenyingia is a fungal genus in the family Pyronemataceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Wenyingia sichuanensis, found in 1997 in the western Sichuan Province in China. The specific epithet is named for Professor Wenying Zhuang, mycologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1] A cup fungus, its distinctive feature is a very thin spider-web membrane that covers the hymenium.

Wenyingia sichuanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Wenyingia
Zheng Wang & Pfister (2001)
Species:
W. sichuanensis
Binomial name
Wenyingia sichuanensis
Zheng Wang & Pfister (2001)

References

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  1. ^ Wang, Z.; Pfister, D.H. (2001). "Wenyingia, a new genus in Pezizales (Otideaceae)". Mycotaxon. 79: 397–399.