Gallacea
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Gallacea is a genus
of fungi in the Gallaceaceae
family. The genus contains six species found in Australia and New Zealand. Gallacea was circumscribed by American mycologist Curtis Gates Lloyd
in 1905.
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 Gallaceaceae
Gallaceaceae
The Gallaceaceae are a family of fungi in the order Hysterangiales, containing species found in Australia and New Zealand. The family contains three genera and about 15 species....
family. The genus contains six species found in Australia and New Zealand. Gallacea was circumscribed by American mycologist Curtis Gates Lloyd
Curtis Gates Lloyd
Curtis Gates Lloyd was an American mycologist known for both his research on the Gasteromycetes, as well as his controversial views on naming conventions in taxonomy. He had a herbarium with over 59,000 fungal specimens, and published over a thousand new species of fungi...
in 1905.