Curreya
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| Curreya | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Cucurbitariaceae |
| Genus: | Curreya Sacc. |
| Type species | |
| Curreya conorum (Fuckel) Sacc. | |
Curreya is a genus of fungi in the family Cucurbitariaceae.[1]
The genus name of Curreya is in honour of Frederick Currey (1819–1881), a British botanist and Secretary of the Linnean Society between 1860 – 1880.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Syll. Fung. Vol.2 on page 651 in 1883.
