''Plectania'' 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
Sarcosomataceae. It was circumscribed by German botanist
Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel
Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel (3 February 1821 – 8 May 1876) was a German botanist who worked largely on fungi.
He worked as an apothecary from 1836 to 1852, afterwards deriving income from a vineyard he owned in Oestrich im Rheingau.< ...
in 1870.
There were 15
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
in the genus in 2008,
this has increased to 19 by 2023.
Distribution
It has a widespread,
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, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
, especially in northern
temperate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of the Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ran ...
areas.
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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Plectania campylospora''
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Plectania chilensis''
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Plectania cyttarioides''
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Plectania ericae''
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Plectania gelatinosa''
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Plectania harnischii''
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Plectania kohniae''
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Plectania lutea''
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Plectania megalocrater''
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Plectania melastoma''
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Plectania milleri''
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Plectania modesta''
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Plectania platensis''
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Plectania rhytidia''
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Plectania rimosa''
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Plectania rugosa''
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Plectania sichuanensis''
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Plectania yunnanensis''
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Plectania zugazae''
Former species (all Sarcosomataceae unless stated otherwise);
* ''P. bulgarioides'' = ''
Rutstroemia bulgarioides'',
Rutstroemiaceae
* ''P. carbonaria'' = ''
Geopyxis carbonaria'', Pyronemataceae
* ''P. carranzae'' = ''
Pseudoplectania carranzae''
* ''P. chudei'' = ''
Kompsoscypha chudei'',
Sarcoscyphaceae
The ''Sarcoscyphaceae'' are a family (biology), family of cup fungus, fungi in the order Pezizales. Members of the Sarcoscyphaceae are cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan in distribution, found in both tropical and temperate regions.
Genera ...
* ''P. coccinea'' = ''
Sarcoscypha coccinea
''Sarcoscypha coccinea'', commonly known as the scarlet elf cup, or the scarlet cup, is a species of fungus in the family Sarcoscyphaceae of the order Pezizales. The fungus, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, has been found in Afri ...
'', Sarcoscyphaceae
* ''P. coccinea'' = ''Sarcoscypha coccinea'', Sarcoscyphaceae
* ''P. coccinea'' f. ''albida'' = ''Sarcoscypha coccinea'', Sarcoscyphaceae
* ''P. cupularis'' = ''
Tarzetta cupularis'',
Tarzettaceae
* ''P. floccosa'' = ''
Microstoma floccosum'', Sarcoscyphaceae
* ''P. helvelloides'' = ''
Urnula helvelloides''
* ''P. hiemalis'' = ''
Microstoma protractum'', Sarcoscyphaceae
* ''P. infundibulum'' = ''
Galactinia infundibulum'',
Pezizaceae
The Pezizaceae (commonly referred to as cup fungi) are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota which produce mushrooms that tend to grow in the shape of a "cup". Spores are formed on the inner surface of the fruit body ( ascoma). The cup shape typi ...
* ''P. latahensis'' = ''
Pseudosarcosoma latahense'',
Chorioactidaceae
* ''P. lilliputiana'' = ''
Sarcoscypha lilliputiana'', Sarcoscyphaceae
* ''P. lusitanica'' = ''
Urnula lusitanica''
* ''P. mediterranea'' = ''
Urnula mediterranea''
* ''P. melaena'' = ''
Pseudoplectania melaena''
* ''P. mexicana'' = ''
Urnula mexicana''
* ''P. minuscula'' = ''
Pseudopithyella minuscula'', Sarcoscyphaceae
* ''P. nannfeldtii'' = ''
Donadinia nigrella''
* ''P. nigrella'' = ''
Pseudoplectania nigrella
''Pseudoplectania nigrella'', commonly known as the ebony cup, the black false plectania, or the hairy black cup, is a species of fungus in the family Sarcosomataceae. The fruit bodies of this saprobic fungus are small blackish cups, typically u ...
''
* ''P. occidentalis'' = ''
Sarcoscypha occidentalis'', Sarcoscyphaceae
* ''P. protracta'' = ''
Microstoma protractum'', Sarcoscyphaceae
* ''P. rhytidia'' f. ''platensis'' = ''Plectania platensis''
* ''P. seaveri''
= ''
Donadinia seaveri''
* ''P. serrata'' = ''
Sarcoscypha serrata'', Sarcoscyphaceae
* ''P. stenostoma'' = ''Plectania melastoma''
See also
* ''
Pseudoplectania''
References
Pezizales
Pezizales genera
Taxa named by Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel
Taxa described in 1870
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