Scutellinia
Encyclopedia
Scutellinia is a genus
of cup-fungi
in the family Pyronemataceae
. The genus is widely distributed, especially in the Northern Hemisphere
, and according to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), contains 66 species.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of cup-fungi
Cup fungus
The Pezizaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota which produce mushrooms that tends to grow in the shape of a "cup". Spores are formed on the inner surface of the fruit body . The cup shape typically serves to focus raindrops into splashing spores out of the cup...
in the family Pyronemataceae
Pyronemataceae
The Pyronemataceae are a family of fungi in the order Pezizales. It is the largest family of the Pezizales, encompassing 75 genera and approximately 500 species...
. The genus is widely distributed, especially in the Northern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
, and according to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), contains 66 species.
Species
- Scutellinia ahmadiopsis
- Scutellinia armatospora
- Scutellinia badioberbis
- Scutellinia barlae
- Scutellinia cejpii
- Scutellinia citrina
- Scutellinia colensoi
- Scutellinia crinita
- Scutellinia crucipila
- Scutellinia decipiens
- Scutellinia erinaceus
- Scutellinia jejuensis
- Scutellinia kerguelensis
- Scutellinia legaliae
- Scutellinia lusatiae
- Scutellinia macrospora
- Scutellinia marginata
- Scutellinia megalosphaera
- Scutellinia minor
- Scutellinia minutella
- Scutellinia mirabilis
- Scutellinia nigrohirtula
- Scutellinia olivascens
- Scutellinia paludicola
- Scutellinia patagonica
- Scutellinia pennsylvanica
- Scutellinia pilatii
- Scutellinia pseudotrechispora
- Scutellinia scutellataScutellinia scutellataScutellinia scutellata, commonly known as the eyelash cup, the Molly eye-winker, the scarlet elf cap, the eyelash fungus or the eyelash pixie cup, is a small saprophytic fungus of the genus Scutellinia. It is the type species of Scutellinia, as well as being the most common and widespread...
- Scutellinia setosa
- Scutellinia sinensis
- Scutellinia subbadioberbis
- Scutellinia subhirtella
- Scutellinia superba
- Scutellinia totaranuiensis
- Scutellinia trechispora
- Scutellinia tuberculata
- Scutellinia umbrorum