| Hemmesomyces | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Corticiales |
| Family: | Corticiaceae |
| Genus: | Hemmesomyces Gilb. & Nakasone (2003) |
| Type species | |
| Hemmesomyces puauluensis Gilb. & Nakasone (2003) | |
Hemmesomyces is a fungal genus in the family Corticiaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single corticioid fungus species Hemmesomyces puauluensis, found in Hawaii. Hemmesomyces was circumscribed in 2003 by mycologists Robert L. Gilbertson and Karen Nakasone. It is named after Donald E. Hemmes, a biology professor at the University of Hawaii, "in recognition of his contributions to knowledge of Hawaiian fungi".
References
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- Gilbertson RL, Nakasone KK (2003). "New taxa of Hawaiian corticioid fungi are described with keys to Crustoderma, Radulomyces, and Scopuloides". Mycologia. 95 (3): 467–73. doi:10.2307/3761888. JSTOR 3761888. PMID 21156635.
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| Hemmesomyces | |
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