Duddingtonia
Encyclopedia
Duddingtonia is a genus
of fungi in the family Orbiliaceae
comprising only the species Duddingtonia flagrans.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fungi in the family Orbiliaceae
Orbiliaceae
The Orbiliaceae are a family of saprobic sac fungi in the order Orbiliales. The family, first described by Nannfield in 1932, contains 288 species in 12 genera. Members of this family have a widespread distribution, but are more prevalent in temperate regions...
comprising only the species Duddingtonia flagrans.
Synonymy
The species Duddingtonia flagrans has 2 synonymous names:- Arthrobotrys flagrans (Dudd.) Sidorova, Gorlenko & Nalepina
- Trichothecium flagrans Dudd.