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Smittium Mucronatum
''Smittium'' is a genus of fungus, fungi in the Order (biology), order Harpellales. It is the largest genus in the order. As of 2013, there were 81 described species.Wang, Y., et al. (2013)Overview of 75 years of ''Smittium'' research, establishing a new genus for ''Smittium culisetae'', and prospects for future revisions of the ‘Smittium’ clade.''Mycologia'' 105(1) 90-111. Many of these have been formally described only recently; in 1998 there were just 46.Lichtwardt, R. W. and R. D. Grigg. (1998)Four new ''Smittium'' species inhabiting the hindgut of Chironomidae larvae.''Mycologia'' 90(3) 427-33. Several have been transferred to ''Smittium'' from other genera, such as ''Orphella'', ''Rubetella'', ''Genistella'', and ''Typhella''.Valle, L. G. and S. Santamaria. (2004)The genus ''Smittium'' (Trichomycetes, Harpellales) in the Iberian Peninsula.''Mycologia'' 96(3) 682-701. In general, the genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, but some species are limited to small regions. Lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
