Underwoodia (fungus)

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

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

Underwoodia is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the order Pezizales. The widespread genus contained many species,[1] before they were transferred to the Geomorium genus.[2] The genus, described by Charles Horton Peck in 1890, honors mycologist Lucien Marcus Underwood.[3]

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