Biscogniauxia | |
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Biscogniauxia nummularia | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Xylariales |
Family: | Graphostromataceae |
Genus: |
Biscogniauxia Kuntze (1891) |
Type species | |
Biscogniauxia nummularia | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Kommamyce
Nieuwl. (1916)
[2] |
Biscogniauxia is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae. [5] Subtaxa include Biscogniauxia capnodes var. capnodes, Biscogniauxia marginata and Biscogniauxia nummularia, which are plant pathogens. The genus was circumscribed by Otto Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2 on page 398 in 1891. [6]
The genus name of Biscogniauxia is in honour of Célestin Alfred Cogniaux (1841 – 1916), was a Belgian botanist. [7]