Daldinia | |
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Daldinia concentrica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Xylariales |
Family: | Hypoxylaceae |
Genus: | Daldinia Ces. & De Not. (1863) |
Type species | |
Daldinia concentrica (Bolton) Ces. & De Not. (1863)
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Daldinia is a genus of fungi in the family Hypoxylaceae.[1]
The genus name of Daldinia is in honour of Agostino Daldini (1817-1895), a Swiss clergyman and botanist, a Capuchin friar from Locarno.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Vincenzo de Cesati in Comment. Soc. Crittog. Ital. 1: Issue 50 on pages 197-360 in 1863.