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Genus of fungi

Onygena
Onygena equina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Onygenales
Family: Onygenaceae
Genus: Onygena
Pers. (1800)
Type species
Onygena equina
(Willd.) Pers. (1800)
Species

O. apus
O. corvina
O. equina
O. piligena

Synonyms

Piligena Schumach. (1821)

Onygena is the type genus of the fungal family Onygenaceae. The genus contains five species found in North America and Europe that grow on bones and feathers.

References

  1. "Onygena Pers. 1800". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Onygena


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