Underwoodia (fungus)

Underwoodia is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the family Helvellaceae. The widespread genus contains three species.[1] The genus, described by Charles Horton Peck in 1890, honors mycologist Lucien Marcus Underwood.[2]

Underwoodia
Underwoodia columnaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Pezizomycetes
Order:
Pezizales
Family:
Helvellaceae
Genus:
Underwoodia

Peck (1890)
Type species
Underwoodia columnaris
Peck (1890)
Species

Underwoodia columnaris
Underwoodia fuegiana
Underwoodia singeri

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 713. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Peck CH. (1890). "Report of the Botanist (1889)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 43: 51–97 (see p. 78).


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