''Chapeckia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Sydowiellaceae
Sydowiellaceae is family of fungus, fungi in the order Diaporthales.
Genera
As accepted by GBIF;
* ''Alborbis'' (2)
* ''Breviappendix'' (5)
* ''Cainiella''
* ''Caudospora'' (3)
* ''Chapeckia'' (3)
* ''Hapalocystis'' (7)
* ''Italiomyces' ...
. The genus was described by mycologist
Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow in 1978.
The genus name of ''Chapeckia'' is in honour of
Charles Horton Peck
Charles Horton Peck (March 30, 1833 – July 11, 1917) was an American mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the New York State Botanist from 1867 to 1915, a period in which he described over 2,700 species of North American fu ...
(1833–1917), who was an American mycologist. He had described over 2,700 species of
North America
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n fungi.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
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;
*''
Chapeckia nigrospora''
*''
Chapeckia ribesia''
References
Sordariomycetes genera
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