Starbaeckia
Genus of fungi
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Starbaeckia is a genus of fungi in the Helotiales order and in the family Phacidiaceae.[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Starbaeckia pseudotryblidioides.[2]
| Starbaeckia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Phacidiales |
| Family: | Phacidiaceae |
| Genus: | Starbaeckia Rehm ex Starbäck |
| Type species | |
| Starbaeckia pseudotryblidioides Rehm ex Starbäck | |
The genus was circumscribed by Heinrich Simon Ludwig Friedrich Felix Rehm in Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 16(Afd. 3,3): Titelblatt, 3, 11. in 1890.
The genus name of Starbaeckia is in honour of Karl Starbäck (1863–1931), who was a Swedish botanist teacher, and member of parliament (the Riksdag, from 1902-1924). He was a doctor of philosophy in 1894 at Uppsala University and then he was also Professor of Natural Sciences and Chemistry between 1902-1928 in Gävle.[3]