Orcadia (fungus)
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| Orcadia | |
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| First illustration of Orcadia ascophylli by Sutherland in 1914 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Genus: | Orcadia G.K. Sutherland 1914 |
| Species | |
Orcadia is a genus of marine parasitic ascomycete fungi described in 1914 by Geo. K. Sutherland,[1] classified initially as a member of the Hypocreales within the Pyrenomycetes.[2] Its taxonomic position is uncertain, although it is currently placed in the order Pezizales, in the class Pezizomycetes.[3]
