''Bionectria'' is a
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 com ...
of
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
in the class
Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes is a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota), consisting of 28 orders, 90 families, 1344 genera. Sordariomycetes is from the Latin sordes (filth) because some species grow in animal feces, though growth habit ...
. The genus was described in 1919 by mycologist
Carlos Luigi Spegazzini
Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, in Spanish Carlos Luis Spegazzini (20 April 1858 – 1 July 1926), was an Italian-born Argentinian botanist and mycologist.
On the 1881/1882 expedition led by Giacomo Bove to explore Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, the ...
to include species of ''
Nectria
''Nectria'' is a genus of Ascomycete fungi. They are most often encountered as saprophytes on decaying wood but some species can also occur as parasites of trees, especially fruit trees (for example apple) and a number of other hardwood trees. ...
'' that grew on living plant material.
Species
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B. apocyni''
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B. aurantia''
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B. aureofulva''
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B. aureofulvella''
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B. byssicola''
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B. capitata''
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B. compactiuscula''
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B. coronata''
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B. epichloe''
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B. gibberosa''
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B. grammicospora''
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B. grammicosporopsis''
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B. impariphialis''
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B. intermedia''
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B. kowhai''
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B. lasiacidis''
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B. levigata''
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B. lucifer''
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B. mellea''
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B. oblongispora''
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B. ochroleuca''
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B. parva''
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B. parviphialis''
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B. pityrodes''
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B. pseudochroleuca''
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B. pseudostriata''
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B. pseudostriatopsis''
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B. ralfsii''
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B. rossmaniae''
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B. samuelsii''
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B. sesquicillii''
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B. setosa''
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B. solani''
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B. sporodochialis''
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B. subquaternata''
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B. tonduzii''
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B. tornata''
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B. truncata''
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B. verrucispora''
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B. vesiculosa''
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B. wenpingii''
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B. zelandiae-novae''
References
Further reading
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Bionectriaceae
Sordariomycetes genera
Taxa named by Carlo Luigi Spegazzini
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