''Sorokina'' is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Dermateaceae. The genus contains 6 species.
The genus was
circumscribed
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by
Pier Andrea Saccardo in Syll. Fung. vol.10 on page 42 in 1892.
The genus name of ''Sorokina'' is in honour of Nikolai Vasilevich Sorokin (1846–1909), who was a Russian
botanist
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,
Mycologist
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,
Microbiologist
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and
Parasitologist. He was Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Garden of the
Kazan Federal University
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.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum;
* ''
Sorokina blasteniospora''
* ''
Sorokina bogoriensis''
* ''
Sorokina caeruleogrisea''
* ''
Sorokina frondicola''
* ''
Sorokina insignis
''Sorokina'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dermateaceae. The genus contains 6 species.
The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Syll. Fung. vol.10 on page 42 in 1892.
The genus name of ''Sorokina'' is in honour of Nikolai V ...
''
* ''
Sorokina lignicola''
* ''
Sorokina microspora''
* ''
Sorokina tjibodensis''
* ''
Sorokina uleana''
See also
*
List of Dermateaceae genera
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Organizations
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References
External links
*
Sorokina' at
Index Fungorum
Fungi described in 1892
Dermateaceae genera
Taxa named by Pier Andrea Saccardo
Helotiales
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