''Dacampia'' is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Dacampiaceae
Dacampiaceae is a family of fungi belonging to the order Pleosporales. The family was first described in 1855 by Gustav Wilhelm Körber.
Genera
Genera listed by Mycobank:
*''Byssothecium''
*'' Cocciscia'' Norman, 1870
*'' Dacampia''
*'' Dacam ...
. It contains 15 species.
The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
in 1853 by Italian lichenologist
Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (13 May 1824 – 25 May 1860) was an Italian paleobotanist and lichenologist. He was born in Tregnago in the Province of Verona and took a great interest in botany as a young man. Massalongo joined the faculty of med ...
, with ''
Dacampia hookeri'' assigned as the
type species.
The genus name honours Italian naturalist Benedetto de Dacampo (1787–1851).
Species
* ''
Dacampia caloplacicola''
* ''
Dacampia cladoniicola''
* ''
Dacampia cyrtellae''
* ''
Dacampia hookeri''
* ''
Dacampia lecaniae''
* ''
Dacampia leptogiicola''
* ''
Dacampia muralicola''
* ''
Dacampia neglecta''
* ''
Dacampia peltigericola''
* ''
Dacampia pentaseptata''
* ''
Dacampia rhizocarpicola''
* ''
Dacampia rubra''
* ''
Dacampia rufescentis''
* ''
Dacampia xanthomendozae''
References
Pleosporales
Dothideomycetes genera
Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
Taxa described in 1853
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