Singerina is a fungal genus in the family Agaricaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Singerina indica,[1] found in Maharashtra, southwest India.[2]
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Genus: | Singerina Sathe & S.D.Deshp. (1981)
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Singerina indica Sathe & S.D.Deshp. (1981)
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The genus name of Singerina is in honour of Rolf Singer (1906–1994), who was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms (agarics) in the 20th century.[3]
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edit- ^ "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Sathe AV, Deshpande S, Kulkarni SM, Daniel J (1980). Agaricales (Mushrooms) of South-west India - Part I: Agaricales (Mushrooms) of Maharashtra State. Pune, India: Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science. p. 35.
- ^ 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.