''Curreya'' is a
genus
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of fungi in the family
Cucurbitariaceae.
The genus name of ''Curreya'' is in honour of
Frederick Currey
Frederick Currey was a rugby union international who represented England in 1872.
Early life
Frederick Currey was born on 3 May 1849 in Kent. He attended Marlborough College.
Rugby union career
Currey made his international debut on 5 Februa ...
(1819–1881), a British botanist and Secretary of the
Linnean Society
The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature collec ...
between 1860 – 1880.
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by
Pier Andrea Saccardo
Pier Andrea Saccardo (23 April 1845 in Treviso, Province of Treviso, Treviso – 12 February 1920 in Padua, Italy, Padua) was an Italian botany, botanist and mycology, mycologist. His multi-volume ''Sylloge Fungorum'' was one of the first attempt ...
in Syll. Fung. Vol.2 on page 651 in 1883.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
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;
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Curreya conorum''
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Curreya corni''
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Curreya insignis''
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Curreya peckiana''
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Curreya pithyophila''
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Curreya rhoina''
Former species;
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* ''C. acaciae'' = '' Magnibotryascoma acaciae'', Teichosporaceae
* ''C. austroafricana'' = '' Teichospora austroafricana'', Teichosporaceae
* ''C. bambusicola'' = '' Epibotrys bambusicola'', Dothideomycetes
* ''C. berberidis'' = '' Dictyodothis berberidis'', ]Dothideaceae
The ''Dothideaceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Dothideales. Species in this family have a widespread distribution, especially in tropical areas.
Genera
As accepted by Species Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project ...
* ''C. excavata'' = '' Dictyodothis excavata'', Dothideaceae
* ''C. flotoviana'' = '' Mycoporum flotovianum'', Mycoporaceae
* ''C. grandicipis'' = '' Teichospora grandicipis'', Teichosporaceae
* ''C. harknessii'' = '' Dothiora harknessii'', Botryosphaeriaceae
The Botryosphaeriaceae are a family of sac fungi (Ascomycetes), which is the type representative of the order Botryosphaeriales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 26 genera and over 1500 species. Members of this order include not ...
* ''C. palmincola'' = '' Hyalocurreya palmincola'', Cookellaceae
* ''C. pithyophila'' var. ''cembrae'' = ''Curreya pithyophila''
* ''C. proteae'' = '' Teichospora proteae'', Teichosporaceae
* ''C. pusilla'' = '' Chaetoplea pusilla'', Phaeosphaeriaceae
The Phaeosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. Species in the family have a cosmopolitan distribution, and are generally nectrotrophic or saprobic on a wide range of plants.
Wijayawardene et al. 2020 produced an update t ...
* ''C. rehmii'' = '' Seimatosporium ribis-alpini'', Sporocadaceae
The Sporocadaceae are a family of fungi, that was formerly in the order Xylariales. It was placed in the Amphisphaeriales order in 2020.
Species of ''Sporocadaceae'' are endophytic (living with a plant), plant pathogenic (causing disease) or ...
* ''C. sandicensis'' = '' Uleomyces sandicensis'', Cookellaceae
References
External links
Index Fungorum
Pleosporales
Taxa named by Pier Andrea Saccardo
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