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Wenyingia sichuanensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Wenyingia
Zheng Wang & Pfister
Species: W. sichuanensis
Binomial name
Wenyingia sichuanensis
Zheng Wang & Pfister

Wenyingia is a fungal genus in the family Pyronemataceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Wenyingia sichuanensis, found in 1997 in the western Sichuan Province in China. The specific epithet is named for Professor Wenying Zhuang, mycologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. A cup fungus, its distinctive feature is a very thin spider-web membrane that covers the hymenium.

References

  1. Wang, Z.; Pfister, D.H. (2001). "Wenyingia, a new genus in Pezizales (Otideaceae)". Mycotaxon. 79: 397–399.
Taxon identifiers
Wenyingia sichuanensis
Wenyingia


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