Dacampia

Dacampia is a genus of fungus belonging to the family Dacampiaceae.[1]

Dacampia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Dacampiaceae
Genus: Dacampia
A.Massal.

The genus was first circumscribed by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in Nota sulla Lecidea hookeri di Schaerer 7 in 1853.[1]

The genus name of Dacampia is in honour of Benedetto de Dacampo (1787 - 1851), an Italian botanist and zoologist from Verona.[2]

The species of this genus are found in Europe and Greenland.[1]

Only one known species exists; Dacampia rufescentis (Vouaux) D.Hawksw.[1]

References

  1. "Dacampia A.Massal". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  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.
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