''Sowerbyella'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 17 species found mostly in Europe and China.
The genus was
circumscribed
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by
John Axel Nannfeldt
John-Axel Nannfeldt (baptized ''Johan Axel Frithiof Nannfeldt''), born 18 January 1904 in Trelleborg and deceased 4 November 1985 in Uppsala, was a Swedish botanist and mycologist.
Nannfeldt studied natural history at the University of Uppsal ...
in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. vol.32 on page 118 in 1938.
The genus name of ''Sowerbyella'' is in honour of
James Sowerby (1757–1822), who was an English naturalist, illustrator and
mineralogist.
Species
As accepted by
Species Fungorum;
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Sowerbyella angustispora
''Sowerbyella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 17 species found mostly in Europe and China.
The genus was circumscribed by John Axel Nannfeldt in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. vol.3 ...
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Sowerbyella bauerana
''Sowerbyella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 17 species found mostly in Europe and China.
The genus was circumscribed by John Axel Nannfeldt in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. vol.3 ...
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Sowerbyella brevispora
''Sowerbyella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 17 species found mostly in Europe and China.
The genus was circumscribed by John Axel Nannfeldt in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. vol.3 ...
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Sowerbyella crassisculpturata
''Sowerbyella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 17 species found mostly in Europe and China.
The genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by John Axel Nannfeldt i ...
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Sowerbyella densireticulata
''Sowerbyella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 17 species found mostly in Europe and China.
The genus was circumscribed by John Axel Nannfeldt in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. vol.3 ...
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Sowerbyella fagicola
''Sowerbyella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 17 species found mostly in Europe and China.
The genus was circumscribed by John Axel Nannfeldt in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. vol.3 ...
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Sowerbyella imperialis''
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Sowerbyella laevispora''
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Sowerbyella parvispora
''Sowerbyella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 17 species found mostly in Europe and China.
The genus was circumscribed by John Axel Nannfeldt in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. vol.3 ...
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Sowerbyella phlyctispora
''Sowerbyella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 17 species found mostly in Europe and China.
The genus was circumscribed by John Axel Nannfeldt in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. vol.3 ...
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Sowerbyella polaripustulata
''Sowerbyella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 17 species found mostly in Europe and China.
The genus was circumscribed by John Axel Nannfeldt in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. vol.3 ...
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Sowerbyella radiculata''
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Sowerbyella requisii''
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Sowerbyella rhenana''
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Sowerbyella unicisa''
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Sowerbyella unicolor''
Former species;
* ''S. kaushalii'' = ''
Otidea kaushalii'',
Otideaceae family
* ''S. pallida'' = ''
Svrcekomyces pallidus'',
Pseudombrophilaceae family
* ''S. radiculata'' var. ''kewensis'' = ''Sowerbyella radiculata''
* ''S. radiculata'' var. ''petaloidea'' = ''Sowerbyella radiculata''
* ''S. reguisii'' var. ''venustula'' = ''Sowerbyella reguisii''
References
Pyronemataceae
Pezizales genera
Taxa named by John Axel Nannfeldt
{{Pezizomycetes-stub