''Biscogniauxia'' is a genus of
fungi in the family
Xylariaceae
The Xylariaceae are a family of mostly small ascomycetous fungi. It is one of the most commonly encountered groups of ascomycetes and is found throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world. They are typically found on wood, seeds, f ...
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[ Subtaxa include ''Biscogniauxia capnodes'' var. ''capnodes'', '' Biscogniauxia marginata'' and '']Biscogniauxia nummularia
''Biscogniauxia nummularia'' is a plant pathogen in the family Xylariaceae, known as the beech tarcrust. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin "nummus" meaning a coin, referring to the often rounded and coin-like encrustations.
Descri ...
'', which are plant pathogens. The genus was circumscribed
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by Otto Kuntze
Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze (23 June 1843 – 27 January 1907) was a German botanist.
Biography
Otto Kuntze was born in Leipzig.
An apothecary in his early career, he published an essay entitled ''Pocket Fauna of Leipzig''. Between 1863 and 1866 he ...
in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2 on page 398 in 1891.[
The genus name of ''Biscogniauxia'' is in honour of ]Célestin Alfred Cogniaux
Célestin Alfred Cogniaux (7 April 1841 – 15 April 1916) was a Belgian botanist. Amongst other plants, the genus '' Neocogniauxia'' of orchids is named after him.
In 1916 his enormous private herbarium was acquired by the National Botanic ...
(1841 – 1916), was a Belgian botanist.
Species
*'' B. africana''
*'' B. albosticta''
*'' B. ambiens''
*'' B. anceps''
*'' B. arima''
*'' B. atropunctata''
*'' B. baileyi''
*'' B. bartholomaei''
*'' B. capnodes''
*'' B. cinereolilacina''
*'' B. citriformis''
*'' B. communapertura''
*'' B. cylindrispora''
*'' B. dennisii''
*'' B. divergens''
*'' B. doidgeae''
*'' B. formosana''
*'' B. fuscella''
*'' B. grenadensis''
*'' B. kalchbrenneri''
*'' B. kenyana''
*'' B. latirima''
*'' B. marginata''
*''B. mediterranea
B is the second letter of the Latin alphabet.
B may also refer to:
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* Astronomical objects in the Barnard list of dark nebulae (abbreviation B)
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*'' B. mucigera''
*'' B. nawawii''
*'' B. nothofagi''
*'' B. nummularia''
*'' B. pithodes''
*'' B. plana''
*'' B. plumbea''
*'' B. querna''
*'' B. repanda''
*'' B. reticulospora''
*'' B. schweinitzii''
*'' B. simplicior''
*'' B. sinuosa''
*'' B. uniapiculata''
*'' B. viscosicentra''
*'' B. waitpela''
*'' B. weldenii''
*'' B. zelandica''
References
Xylariales
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