Onnia (fungus)
Genus of fungi
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Onnia is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. The widely distributed genus contains five species.[1]
| Onnia | |
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| Onnia tomentosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Hymenochaetales |
| Family: | Hymenochaetaceae |
| Genus: | Onnia P. Karst |
| Type species | |
| Onnia circinata (Fr.) P. Karst | |
The genus name of Onnia is in honour of Onni Alexander Karsten (1868-1958), who was a Finnish gardener, who worked at the Mustiala Agriculture Institute in Tampere.[2]
Onni Alexander Karsten was also the son of Petter Adolf Karsten and the genus was circumscribed by Petter Adolf Karsten in Bidrag Kännedom Finlands Natur Folk vol.48 on pages 326 - 376 in 1889.
Species list
- Onnia circinata
- Onnia incisa
- Onnia musashiensis
- Onnia orientalis
- Onnia scaura
- Onnia tomentosa
- Onnia subtriquetra
