''Chapeckia'' is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Sydowiellaceae
Sydowiellaceae is family of fungi in the order Diaporthales.
Genera
As accepted by GBIF;
* '' Alborbis'' (2)
* '' Breviappendix'' (5)
* ''Cainiella''
* ''Caudospora'' (3)
* ''Chapeckia'' (3)
* ''Hapalocystis'' (10)
* '' Italiomyces'' (3 ...
. The genus was described by mycologist
Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow
Margaret Elizabeth Barr Bigelow (1923-2008) was a Canadian mycologist known for her contributions to the Ascomycetes fungi.
Biography
She was born on April 16, 1923 in Elkhorn, Manitoba. She studied at the University of British Columbia, ...
in 1978.
The genus name of ''Chapeckia'' is in honour of
Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), who was an American mycologist. He had described over 2,700 species of
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
n fungi.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum;
*''
Chapeckia nigrospora''
*''
Chapeckia ribesia''
References
Sordariomycetes genera
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