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Pirottaea
Sign in to savePirottaea is a genus of fungi in the family Dermateaceae. The genus contained 26 species in 2009. It went up to about 48 species later.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Pirottaea is referenced by 1 other article, and connects out to fungi, Index Fungorum and Dermateaceae.
It sits within the topics Dermateaceae genera and Taxa named by Pier Andrea Saccardo.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLeotiomycetes
- OrderHelotiales
- FamilyPloettnerulaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Ploettnerulaceae
- Collections
- NY, BPI, CUP, UPS
- Recorded in
- Switzerland, United States, Japan, Sweden, Austria, Germany
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dermateaceae
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- taxon name
- Pirottaea
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Pirottaea veneta
- taxon author citation
- Sacc.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
- See also
- References
Pirottaea is a genus of fungi in the family Dermateaceae. The genus contained 26 species in 2009. It went up to about 48 species later.
The genus name of Pirottaea is in honour of Pietro Romualdo Pirotta (1853–1936), who was an Italian professor of botany. He was made Knight of the Crown of Italy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pirottaea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.