''Sowerbyella'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Pyronemataceae
The Pyronemataceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. It is the largest family of the Pezizales, encompassing 75 genera and approximately 500 species. Phylogenetic analyses does not support the prior classifications of this family, an ...
. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 17 species found mostly in Europe and China.
The genus 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.
* Circum ...
by
John Axel Nannfeldt
John-Axel Nannfeldt (baptized ''Johan Axel Frithiof Nannfeldt''), born 18 January 1904 in Trelleborg and deceased 4 November 1985 in Uppsala, was a Swedish people, Swedish botany, botanist and mycology, mycologist.
Nannfeldt studied natural hist ...
in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. vol.32 on page 118 in 1938.
The genus name of ''Sowerbyella'' is in honour of
James Sowerby
James Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English natural history, naturalist, illustrator and mineralogist. Contributions to published works, such as ''A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland'' or ''English Botany'', include his ...
(1757–1822), who was an English naturalist, illustrator and
mineralogist
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.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
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;
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Sowerbyella angustispora''
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Sowerbyella bauerana''
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Sowerbyella brevispora''
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Sowerbyella crassisculpturata''
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Sowerbyella densireticulata''
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Sowerbyella fagicola''
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Sowerbyella imperialis''
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Sowerbyella laevispora''
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Sowerbyella parvispora''
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Sowerbyella phlyctispora''
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Sowerbyella polaripustulata''
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Sowerbyella radiculata''
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Sowerbyella requisii''
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Sowerbyella rhenana''
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Sowerbyella unicisa''
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Sowerbyella unicolor''
Former species;
* ''S. kaushalii'' = ''
Otidea kaushalii'',
Otideaceae family
* ''S. pallida'' = ''
Svrcekomyces pallidus'',
Pseudombrophilaceae family
* ''S. radiculata'' var. ''kewensis'' = ''Sowerbyella radiculata''
* ''S. radiculata'' var. ''petaloidea'' = ''Sowerbyella radiculata''
* ''S. reguisii'' var. ''venustula'' = ''Sowerbyella reguisii''
References
Pyronemataceae
Pezizales genera
Taxa named by John Axel Nannfeldt
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