''Dacampia'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Dacampiaceae. It contains 15 species.
The genus was
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* Circum ...
in 1853 by Italian lichenologist
Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (13 May 1824 – 25 May 1860) was an Italian paleobotanist and lichenologist. He was born in Tregnago in the Province of Verona and took a great interest in botany as a young man. Massalongo joined the faculty of med ...
, with ''
Dacampia hookeri'' assigned as the
type species
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.
The genus name honours Italian naturalist Benedetto de Dacampo (1787–1851).
Species
* ''
Dacampia caloplacicola''
* ''
Dacampia cladoniicola''
* ''
Dacampia cyrtellae''
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Dacampia hookeri''
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Dacampia lecaniae''
* ''
Dacampia leptogiicola''
* ''
Dacampia muralicola''
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Dacampia neglecta''
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Dacampia peltigericola''
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Dacampia pentaseptata''
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Dacampia rhizocarpicola''
* ''
Dacampia rubra''
* ''
Dacampia rufescentis''
* ''
Dacampia xanthomendozae''
References
Pleosporales
Dothideomycetes genera
Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
Taxa described in 1853
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