''Geopyxis'' is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution.
Molecular phylogenetic
Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not
monophyletic
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...
.
Species
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Index Fungorum lists 26 valid species (+1 discovered in 2016) of ''Geopyxis'':
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Geopyxis acetabularioides
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
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Geopyxis alba''
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Geopyxis albocinerea
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
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Geopyxis alpina''
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Geopyxis bambusicola''
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Geopyxis carbonaria
''Geopyxis carbonaria'' is a species of fungus in the genus '' Geopyxis'', family Pyronemataceae. First described to science in 1805, and given its current name in 1889, the species is commonly known as the charcoal loving elf-cup, dwarf acorn ...
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Geopyxis carnea
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
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Geopyxis cavinae''
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Geopyxis delectans'' (Starback) K.Hansen & X.H.Wang, 2016
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Geopyxis diluta
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
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Geopyxis expallens
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
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Geopyxis flavidula
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
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Geopyxis foetida
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
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Geopyxis granulosa
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
, Index Fungorum lists 26 valid speci ...
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Geopyxis grossegranulosa
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
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Geopyxis korfii
''Geopyxis korfii'' is a species of cup fungus in the family Pyronemataceae. Found in Qinghai, China, it was described as new to science in 2006 by Wen-Ying Zhang. It is the only species of ''Geopyxis'' with ornamented ascospore
An ascus ...
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Geopyxis majalis
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
, Index Fungorum lists 26 valid speci ...
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Geopyxis moelleriana
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
, Index Fungorum lists 26 valid speci ...
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Geopyxis nebulosoides
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
, Index Fungorum lists 26 valid speci ...
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Geopyxis patellaris
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
, Index Fungorum lists 26 valid speci ...
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Geopyxis pellucida
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
, Index Fungorum lists 26 valid spe ...
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Geopyxis pulchra''
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Geopyxis pusilla''
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Geopyxis radicans
''Geopyxis'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2007 suggest that the genus is not monophyletic.
Species
, Index Fungorum lists 26 valid speci ...
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Geopyxis rapuloides''
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Geopyxis rehmii''
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Geopyxis striatospora''
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Geopyxis vulcanalis''
References
Pezizales genera
Pyronemataceae
Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon
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