Wardomyces

Wardomyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Microascales
Family:	Microascaceae
Genus:	Wardomyces; F.T.Brooks & (1923)
Type species
	Wardomyces anomalus; F.T.Brooks & Hansf. (1923)

Wardomyces is a genus of seven species of mould fungi in the family Microascaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1923 by Frederick Tom Brooks and . The generic name honours Harry Marshall Ward, Professor of Botany at Cambridge University. The type species, , was originally found as a mould growing on rabbit meat kept in cold storage.^[1] The most recent addition to the genus is W. moseri, described by Walter Gams in 1995. Found in Colombia, it was discovered growing on a dead petiole of moriche palm (Mauritia flexuosa).^[2]

Species[]

F.T.Brooks & Hansf. 1923^[1]
(Demelius) Hennebert 1968^[3]
Hennebert & G.L.Barron 1962^[4]
(Marchal) Hennebert 1962^[4]
Wardomyces moseri W.Gams 1995^[2]
W.Gams 1968^[5]
(Marchal) C.H.Dickinson 1964^[6]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Brooks FT, Hansford CG. (1923). "Mould growths upon cold-store meat". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 8 (3): 113–142 (see p. 137). doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(23)80020-1.
^ ^a ^b Gams W. (1995). "An unusual species of Wardomyces (Hyphomycetes)" (PDF). Beihefte zur Sydowia. 10: 67–72.
^ Hennebert GL. (1968). "Echinobotryum, Wardomyces and Mammaria". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 51 (5): 749–762. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(68)80095-6.
^ ^a ^b Hennebert GL. (1962). "Wardomyces and Asteromyces". Canadian Journal of Botany. 40 (9): 1203–1216. doi:10.1139/b62-111.
^ Gams W. (1969). "Two new species of Wardomyces". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 51 (5): 798–802. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(68)80102-0.
^ Dickinson CH. (1964). "The genus Wardomyces". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 47 (3): 321–325. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(64)80003-6.

External links[]

Wardomyces in Index Fungorum

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[Brooks_1923-1] Brooks FT, Hansford CG. (1923). "Mould growths upon cold-store meat". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 8 (3): 113–142 (see p. 137). doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(23)80020-1.

[Gams_1995-2] Gams W. (1995). "An unusual species of Wardomyces (Hyphomycetes)" (PDF). Beihefte zur Sydowia. 10: 67–72.

[Hennebert_1968-3] Hennebert GL. (1968). "Echinobotryum, Wardomyces and Mammaria". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 51 (5): 749–762. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(68)80095-6.

[Hennebert_1962-4] Hennebert GL. (1962). "Wardomyces and Asteromyces". Canadian Journal of Botany. 40 (9): 1203–1216. doi:10.1139/b62-111.

[Gams_1968-5] Gams W. (1969). "Two new species of Wardomyces". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 51 (5): 798–802. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(68)80102-0.

[Dickinson_1964-6] Dickinson CH. (1964). "The genus Wardomyces". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 47 (3): 321–325. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(64)80003-6.

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