Kavinia

Kavinia
	Kavinia alboviridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Gomphales
Family:	Lentariaceae
Genus:	Kavinia; Pilát (1938)
Type species
	Kavinia alboviridis; (Pilát) Pilát (1938)
Species
	K. alboviridis; K. himantia; K. globispora; K. salmonea; K. vivantii
Synonyms
	Kavinia subgen. Hydnocristella (R.H.Petersen) Boidin & Gilles (2000)

Kavinia is a genus of fungi in the Lentariaceae family. The genus contains five species and has a largely European distribution.^[2]

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The genus name of Kavinia is in honour of Karel Kavina (1890–1948) was a Czech botanist.^[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Albert Pilát in Stud. Bot. Cech. vol.1 on page 3 in 1938.

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