''Neopeckia'' is a
genus of
fungi in the class
Dothideomycetes
Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders 90 families, 1300 genera and over 19,000 known species. Traditionally, most of its members were included in the loculoascomycetes, which is not par ...
. The relationship of this
taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (''
incertae sedis'').
The genus name of ''Neopeckia'' is in honour of
Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), who was an American mycologist. He has described over 2,700 species of
North America
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n fungi.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Pier Andrea Saccardo in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club vol.10 on page 127 in 1883.
Species
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Neopeckia anceps''
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Neopeckia argentinensis''
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Neopeckia asperulispora''
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Neopeckia bambusae''
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Neopeckia brasiliana''
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Neopeckia carpini''
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Neopeckia constricta
''Neopeckia'' is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis'').
The genus name of ''Neopeckia'' is in honour of Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), ...
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Neopeckia coulteri''
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Neopeckia episphaeria''
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Neopeckia fulcita''
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Neopeckia herpotrichioides''
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Neopeckia japonica
''Neopeckia'' is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis'').
The genus name of ''Neopeckia'' is in honour of Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), ...
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Neopeckia nitidula
''Neopeckia'' is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis'').
The genus name of ''Neopeckia'' is in honour of Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), ...
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Neopeckia nobilis
''Neopeckia'' is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis'').
The genus name of ''Neopeckia'' is in honour of Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), ...
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Neopeckia oryzopsis
''Neopeckia'' is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis'').
The genus name of ''Neopeckia'' is in honour of Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), ...
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Neopeckia palustris
''Neopeckia'' is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis'').
The genus name of ''Neopeckia'' is in honour of Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), ...
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Neopeckia parietalis
''Neopeckia'' is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis'').
The genus name of ''Neopeckia'' is in honour of Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), ...
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Neopeckia pumila
''Neopeckia'' is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis'').
The genus name of ''Neopeckia'' is in honour of Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), ...
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Neopeckia quercina
''Neopeckia'' is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis'').
The genus name of ''Neopeckia'' is in honour of Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), ...
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Neopeckia rhodostoma
''Neopeckia'' is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis'').
The genus name of ''Neopeckia'' is in honour of Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), ...
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Neopeckia roberti
''Neopeckia'' is a genus of fungus, fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (''incertae sedis'').
The genus name of ''Neopeckia'' is in honour of Charles Horton Peck (1833–191 ...
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Transferred species;
* ''Neopeckia caesalpiniae'' now ''
Herpotrichia caesalpiniae'' in
Melanommataceae
The Melanommataceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. Taxa are widespread in temperate and subtropical regions, and are saprobic on wood and bark.
Genera
These are the genera that are in the Melanommataceae (including estimated nu ...
family
* ''Neopeckia diffusa'' now ''
Herpotrichia diffusa'' (Melanommataceae)
* ''Neopeckia hainanensis'' now ''
Byssosphaeria hainanensis'' (Melanommataceae)
* ''Neopeckia rhodosticta'' now ''
Herpotrichia rhodosticta'' (Melanommataceae)
* ''Neopeckia thaxteri'' now ''
Spinulosphaeria thaxteri'' in
Sordariomycetidae family.
See also
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List of Dothideomycetes genera ''incertae sedis''
References
Enigmatic Dothideomycetes taxa
Dothideomycetes genera
Taxa named by Pier Andrea Saccardo
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