Montagnea is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution in subtropical dry areas, and contains six species.[3] Montagnea was circumscribed by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1836.[4]

Montagnea
Montagnea arenaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Montagnea
Fr. (1836)
Type species
Montagnea arenaria
(DC.) Zeller (1943)
Synonyms[1]
  • Montagnites Fr. (1838)
  • Montagnea (Pallas) Šebek[2]

The genus name of Montagnea is in honour of Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne (1784–1866), who was a French military physician and botanist who specialized in the fields of bryology and mycology.[5]

Species

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As accepted by GBIF;[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy: Montagnea Fr". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  2. ^ a b "Montagnea Fr". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 438. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  4. ^ Fries EM. (1835). Corpus Florarum provincialium suecicae I. Floram Scanicam (in Latin). Typis Palmblad, Sebell. p. 339.
  5. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.