''Curreya'' is a

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of fungi in the family Cucurbitariaceae. The genus name of ''Curreya'' is in honour of

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(1819–1881), a British botanist and Secretary of the

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between 1860 – 1880. The genus was

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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 ''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (Binomial nomenclature, scientific names) in the fungus Kingdom (biology), kingdom. As of 2015, the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partn ...

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Curreya conorum ''Curreya'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cucurbitariaceae. The genus name of ''Curreya'' is in honour of Frederick Currey (mycologist), Frederick Currey (1819–1881), a British botanist and Secretary of the Linnean Society of London, Linnea ...

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Curreya corni ''Curreya'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cucurbitariaceae. The genus name of ''Curreya'' is in honour of Frederick Currey (1819–1881), a British botanist and Secretary of the Linnean Society between 1860 – 1880. The genus was circumscr ...

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Curreya insignis ''Curreya'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cucurbitariaceae. The genus name of ''Curreya'' is in honour of Frederick Currey (1819–1881), a British botanist and Secretary of the Linnean Society between 1860 – 1880. The genus was circumscr ...

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Curreya peckiana ''Curreya'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cucurbitariaceae. The genus name of ''Curreya'' is in honour of Frederick Currey (1819–1881), a British botanist and Secretary of the Linnean Society between 1860 – 1880. The genus was circumscr ...

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Curreya pithyophila ''Curreya'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cucurbitariaceae. The genus name of ''Curreya'' is in honour of Frederick Currey (1819–1881), a British botanist and Secretary of the Linnean Society between 1860 – 1880. The genus was circumscr ...

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Curreya rhoina ''Curreya'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cucurbitariaceae. The genus name of ''Curreya'' is in honour of Frederick Currey (1819–1881), a British botanist and Secretary of the Linnean Society between 1860 – 1880. The genus was circumscr ...

'' Former species; * ''C. acaciae'' = '' Magnibotryascoma acaciae'', Teichosporaceae * ''C. austroafricana'' = ''

Teichospora austroafricana ''Teichospora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Teichosporaceae. Species As accepted by Species Fungorum; *'' Teichospora albulae'' *'' Teichospora ampullacea'' *'' Teichospora aurantiacinotata'' *'' Teichospora austroafricana'' *'' Teic ...

'', 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 ''Mycoporum'' is a genus of fungi which belongs to the family Mycoporaceae, and has cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, ...

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Mycoporaceae The Mycoporaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales The Pleosporales is the largest order (biology), order in the fungal class Dothideomycetes. By a 2008 estimate, it contained 23 family (biology), families, 332 genera and more th ...

* ''C. grandicipis'' = ''

Teichospora grandicipis ''Teichospora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Teichosporaceae. Species As accepted by Species Fungorum; *'' Teichospora albulae'' *'' Teichospora ampullacea'' *'' Teichospora aurantiacinotata'' *'' Teichospora austroafricana'' *'' Teic ...

'', Teichosporaceae * ''C. harknessii'' = ''

Dothiora harknessii ''Dothiora'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Dothioraceae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species The genus ''Dothiora'' contains 54 species. *'' Dothiora agapanthi'' *'' Dothiora amelanchieris'' *'' Dothiora bu ...

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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 The Cookellaceae are a family of fungi with an uncertain taxonomic placement in the class Dothideomycetes Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders 90 families, 1,300 genera and over 1 ...

* ''C. pithyophila'' var. ''cembrae'' = ''Curreya pithyophila'' * ''C. proteae'' = ''

Teichospora proteae ''Teichospora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Teichosporaceae. Species As accepted by Species Fungorum ''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (Binomial nomenclature, scientific names) in the fungus Ki ...

'', Teichosporaceae * ''C. pusilla'' = ''

Chaetoplea pusilla ''Chaetoplea'' is a genus of fungi in the Leptosphaeriaceae family. As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020; It was earlier placed in the family Phaeosphaeriaceae in 2007. Species As accepted by Species Fungorum: *''Chaetoplea amygdaloides'' ...

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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 {{Pleosporales stub