''Singerocybe'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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that contains six species. ''Singerocybe'' 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.
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by the Finnish mycologist Harri Harmaja in 1988 with ''
Singerocybe viscida
''Singerocybe'' is a genus of fungi that contains six species. ''Singerocybe'' was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by the Finnish mycologist Harri Harmaja in 1988 with ''Singerocybe viscida'' as the type species.
Phylogenetically, it i ...
'' as the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
.
Phylogenetic
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ally, it is closely related to ''
Leucopaxillus'' and ''
Entoloma
''Entoloma'' is a genus of fungi in the order Agaricales. Called pinkgills in English, basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are typically agaricoid (gilled mushrooms), though a minority are gasteroid. All have salmon-pink basidiospores which colour the ...
''.
Etymology
''Singerocybe'' was named after mycologist
Rolf Singer
Rolf Singer (June 23, 1906 – January 18, 1994) was a German mycologist and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist of gilled mushrooms (agarics).
He wrote the book "The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy (biology), Taxonomy". He fled to various countries d ...
.
Species
* ''
Singerocybe adirondackensis''
* ''
Singerocybe alboinfundibuliformis''
* ''
Singerocybe clitocyboides''
* ''
Singerocybe humilis''
* ''
Singerocybe phaeophthalma''
* ''
Singerocybe umbilicata''
* ''
Singerocybe viscida
''Singerocybe'' is a genus of fungi that contains six species. ''Singerocybe'' was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by the Finnish mycologist Harri Harmaja in 1988 with ''Singerocybe viscida'' as the type species.
Phylogenetically, it i ...
'' (
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
)
See also
*
List of Agaricales genera
This is a list of fungal genus, genera in the order (biology), order Agaricales. The list follows Kalichman, Kirk & Matheny (2020), with more recent additions and amendments, as noted. The number of species in each family is taken from Catalogue of ...
References
External links
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Agaricales
Agaricales genera
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