''Gymnascella'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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
Gymnoascaceae
The Gymnoascaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Eurotiomycetes
Eurotiomycetes is a large class of ascomycetes with cleistothecial ascocarps within the subphylum Pezizomycotina, currently containing around 3810 species accordi ...
. It was described by American mycologist
Charles Horton Peck
Charles Horton Peck (March 30, 1833 – July 11, 1917) was an American mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the New York State Botanist from 1867 to 1915, a period in which he described over 2,700 species of North American fun ...
in 1884 with ''
Gymnascella aurantiaca'' as the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
.
Species
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Gymnascella aurantiaca''
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Gymnascella calcarea''
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Gymnascella citrina''
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Gymnascella confluens''
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Gymnascella dankaliensis''
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Gymnascella devroeyi''
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Gymnascella hyalinospora''
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Gymnascella kamyschkoi''
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Gymnascella marismortui''
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Gymnascella nodulosa''
References
External links
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Eurotiomycetes genera
Onygenales
Taxa named by Charles Horton Peck
Taxa described in 1884
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