Engleromyces is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Xylariaceae.[3] The genus contains two species, the
typeEngleromyces goetzei (found in Africa and Asia) and E. sinensis (found in China), described as new in 2010.[4] The genus was
circumscribed in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.28 on page 327 in 1900 by German mycologist
Paul Christoph Hennings.[5]
The genus name of Engleromyces is in honour of
Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844 – 1930), who was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and
phytogeography.[6]
References
^"Engleromyces Henn". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
^Hariot P, Patouillard NT (1906). "Sur un nouveau genre de champignons de l'Afrique orientale anglaise". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 142: 224–6.
^Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 236.
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^Hennings P. (1900).
"Fungi Africae orientalis". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (in German). 28: 318–29 (see p. 327).