''Horakiella'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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within the
Sclerodermataceae family that contains the two species ''H.clelandii'' and ''H. watarrkana''.
The genus name of ''Horakiella'' is in honour of
Egon Horak (born 1937) is an Austrian
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 ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed
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by
Michael A. Castellano and
James Martin Trappe in Austral. Syst. Bot. vol.5 on page 641 in 1992.
References
External links
Index Fungorum
Boletales
Monotypic Boletales genera
Taxa named by James Trappe
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