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Skepperia is a genus of fungi in the family Thelephoraceae. The genus was described by mycologist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1857 to contain the type species Skepperia convoluta. The genus was circumscribed by Berkeley in Trans. Linn. Soc. London vol.22 on page 130 in 1857.

The genus name of Skepperia is in honour of Edmund Skepper (1825–1867), who was a British botanist and chemist.

Distribution

It is only recorded as being found in a few places worldwide, America and New Zealand.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;

• Skepperia andina Pat. (1893)
• Skepperia convoluta Berk. (1857)
• Skepperia platensis (Speg.) Pat. (1897)
• Skepperia zeylanica Petch (1917)

Former species;

• S. carpatica Pilát (1927) = Cotylidia carpatica, Rickenellaceae family
• S. spathularia (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Pat. (1899) = Skepperiella spathularia Agaricales order

References

1. Berkeley MJ. (1857). "On some new fungi". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 22 (2): 129–31. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1856.tb00086.x.
2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
3. "Skepperia Berkeley, 1857". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
4. "Skepperia - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

External links

• Skepperia in Index Fungorum

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