''Harrya'' is a fungal
genus
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in the family
Boletaceae
The Boletaceae are a family of mushroom-forming fungi, primarily characterised by small pores on the spore-bearing hymenial surface (at the underside of the mushroom), instead of gills as are found in most agarics. Nearly as widely distributed ...
. It was circumscribed in 2012 to contain the species ''
Harrya atriceps'' and the
type ''
Harrya chromapes''.
The genus name of ''Harrya'' is in honour of
Harry Delbert Thiers
Harry Delbert Thiers (January 22, 1919 in Fort McKavett, Texas – August 8, 2000 in Ohio) was an American mycologist who studied and named many fungi native to North America, particularly California. Thiers taught mycology at San Francisco St ...
(1919–2000), who was an American
mycologist
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, their Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ethnomycology, their use to humans, including as a so ...
who studied and named many fungi native to North America, particularly
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum
''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (scientific names) in the fungus kingdom. the project is based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, one of three partners along with Landcare Research and the Institute of Mi ...
;
* ''
Harrya alpina''
* ''
Harrya atriceps''
* ''
Harrya atrogrisea''
* ''
Harrya chromipes''
* ''
Harrya moniliformis''
* ''
Harrya subalpina''
References
External links
*
Boletaceae
Boletales genera