''Sorokina'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

fungi A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...

in the family

Dermateaceae The Dermateaceae is a family of cup fungi in the order Helotiales. Most species in this family are plant pathogens but some are saprobes. Genera This is a list of genera in the family, based on the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota. ''Aivenia'' &mdas ...

. The genus contains 6 species. The genus was

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Pier Andrea Saccardo Pier Andrea Saccardo (23 April 1845 in Treviso, Treviso – 12 February 1920 in Padua) was an Italian botanist and mycologist. Life Saccardo studied at the Lyceum in Venice, and then at the Technical Institute of the University of Padua ...

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,

Mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as w ...

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and

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. He was Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Garden of the

Kazan Federal University Kazan (Volga region) Federal University (russian: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет, tt-Cyrl, Казан (Идел буе) федераль университеты) is a public research uni ...

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As accepted by

Species Fungorum ''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names ( scientific names) in the fungus kingdom. the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partners along with Landcare Research and the Institute of ...

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Sorokina blasteniospora ''Sorokina'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dermateaceae. The genus contains 6 species. The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Syll. Fung. vol.10 on page 42 in 1892. The genus name of ''Sorokina'' i ...

'' * '' 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'' 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 uleana''

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Index Fungorum ''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (scientific names) in the fungus kingdom. the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partners along with Landcare Research and the Institute of M ...

Fungi described in 1892 Dermateaceae genera Taxa named by Pier Andrea Saccardo Helotiales {{Leotiomycetes-stub

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