''Korfia'' is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Hemiphacidiaceae. This is a
monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Korfia tsugae''.
The genus name of ''Korfia'' is in honour of
Richard Paul "Dick" Korf (1925–2016), 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 ...
and founding co-editor of the journal ''
Mycotaxon''.
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 ...
by James Reid and Roy Franklin Cain in Mycologia vol.55 on page 783 in 1963.
References
External links
*
Korfia' at
Index Fungorum
Helotiales genera
Monotypic Ascomycota genera
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