Dennisiomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. Described by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1955,[1] the genus contains five species found in South America.[2]

Dennisiomyces
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Dennisiomyces

Singer (1955)
Type species
Dennisiomyces glabrescentipes
Singer (1955)
Species

D. fuscoalbus
D. glabrescentipes
D. griseus
D. lanzonii
D. rionegrensis

The genus name of Dennisiomyces is in honour of Richard William George Dennis (1910 - 2003), British botanist (mycology) and plant pathologist.[3]

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  1. ^ Singer R. (1955). "New species of Agaricales from Pernambuco". Anais da Sociedade de Biologia de Pernambuco. 13: 225–33.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ 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.