Cunninghammyces
Genus of fungi
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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 | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Cyphellaceae |
| Genus: | Cunninghammyces Stalpers (1985) |
| Type species | |
| Cunninghammyces umbonatus (G.Cunn.) Stalpers (1985) | |
| Species | |
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C. fusisporus | |
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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