''Sorokinella'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
in the family
Dermateaceae
The Dermateaceae is a family of cup fungi in the order Helotiales. Most species in this family are plant pathogens but some are saprobes.
Genera
This is a list of genera in the family, based on the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota.
'' Aivenia'' &mda ...
. The genus contains 2 species.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
Jane Fröhlich and
Kevin D. Hyde in Fungal Diversity Res. Ser.3 on page 122 in 2000.
The genus name of ''Sorokinella'' is in honour of Nikolai Vasilevich Sorokin (1846–1909), who was a Russian
botanist
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,
Mycologist
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,
Microbiologist
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and
Parasitologist. He was Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Garden of the
Kazan Federal University
Kazan (Volga region) Federal University (russian: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет, tt-Cyrl, Казан (Идел буе) федераль университеты) is a public research uni ...
.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum;
* ''
Sorokinella appendicospora''
* ''
Sorokinella calami''
See also
*
List of Dermateaceae genera
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
External links
*
Sorokinella' at
Index Fungorum
Dermateaceae genera
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