Observations on Thamnidiaceae (Mucorales). New Taxa, New Combinations, and Notes on Selected Species
DOI
10.5642/aliso.19750803.10
First Page
301
Last Page
351
Abstract
The Thamnidiaceae is defined and six of the 13 genera included in the family by the authors are discussed. Thfrteen species are descdbed and illustrated as follows ( basionyms given for new combinabons): Previously established genera.—(1) Thamnostylum piriforme, T. lucknowense, T. nigricans ( ≡ Helicostylmn nigricans) , and T. repens; (2) Backusella circina, B. lamprospora ( ≡ Mucor lamprosporus), and B. ctenidia. New genera.—(1) Fennellomyces linderi ( ≡ Circinella linderi); (2) Ellisomyces anomalus ( ≡ Thamnidimn anomalum ); (3) Zychaea mexicana; and (4) Dichotomocladium elegans, D. robustum, and D. hesseltinii ( ≡ Chaetocladimn hesseltinii).
Recommended Citation
Benny, Gerald L. and Benjamin, R. K.
(1975)
"Observations on Thamnidiaceae (Mucorales). New Taxa, New Combinations, and Notes on Selected Species,"
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany:
Vol. 8:
Iss.
3, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/aliso/vol8/iss3/10
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© 1975 Gerald L. Benny, R. K. Benjamin
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