Neoechinodiscus is a genus of two species of lichenicolous fungi with uncertain familial placement in the order Helotiales.
Species:
These species used to be classified in Echinodiscus, a genus proposed by Javier Etayo and Paul Diederich in 2000.[1] Diederich subsequently discovered that the fungal use of the genus name was an illegitimate homonym, as it had already been used for a legume genus in 1837, as well as for a diatom genus in 1925.[2] The replacement name Neoechinodiscus was proposed by Rubén Sierra and Eduardo Molinari-Novoa in 2020.[3]
Neoechinodiscus is a genus of two species of lichenicolous fungi with uncertain familial placement in the order Helotiales.
Species:
Neoechinodiscus kozhevnikovii (Zhurb.) Molinari & R. Sierra (2020) Neoechinodiscus lesdainii (Vouaux) R.Sierra & Molinari (2020)These species used to be classified in Echinodiscus, a genus proposed by Javier Etayo and Paul Diederich in 2000. Diederich subsequently discovered that the fungal use of the genus name was an illegitimate homonym, as it had already been used for a legume genus in 1837, as well as for a diatom genus in 1925. The replacement name Neoechinodiscus was proposed by Rubén Sierra and Eduardo Molinari-Novoa in 2020.
