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Geopyxis Rapuloides
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic. Species , Index Fungorum lists 26 valid species (+1 discovered in 2016) of ''Geopyxis'': *''Geopyxis acetabularioides'' *''Geopyxis alba'' *''Geopyxis albocinerea'' *''Geopyxis alpina'' *''Geopyxis bambusicola'' *''Geopyxis carbonaria'' *''Geopyxis carnea'' *'' Geopyxis cavinae'' *''Geopyxis delectans'' (Starback) K.Hansen & X.H.Wang, 2016 *''Geopyxis diluta'' *''Geopyxis expallens'' *''Geopyxis flavidula'' *''Geopyxis foetida'' *''Geopyxis granulosa'' *''Geopyxis grossegranulosa'' *''Geopyxis korfii'' *''Geopyxis majalis'' *''Geopyxis moelleriana'' *''Geopyxis nebulosoides'' *''Geopyxis patellaris'' *''Geopyxis pellucida'' *'' Geopyxis pulchra'' *'' Geopyxis pusilla'' *''Geopyxis radicans ''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Hendrik Persoon
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, the third child of an immigrant Pomeranian father and Dutch mother. His mother died soon after he was born; at the age of thirteen his father (who died a year later) sent him to Europe for his education. Education Initially studying theology at Halle, at age 22 (in 1784) Persoon switched to medicine at Leiden and Göttingen. He received a doctorate from the "Kaiserlich-Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher" in 1799. Later years He moved to Paris in 1802, where he spent the rest of his life, renting an upper floor of a house in a poor part of town. He was apparently unemployed, unmarried, poverty-stricken and a recluse, although he corresponded with botanists throughout Europe. Because of his financial difficulties, Persoon agreed to do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |