Junghuhnia africana

Junghuhnia africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Steccherinaceae
Genus: Junghuhnia
Species:
J. africana
Binomial name
Junghuhnia africana
Ipulet & Ryvarden 2005

Junghuhnia africana is a species of crust fungus in the family Steccherinaceae. The type specimen was collected in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, growing on a rotting hardwood log. Its ellipsoid spores measure 5–6 by 4–4.5 μm. The fungus was described as new to science in 2005 by mycologists Perpetua Ipulet & Leif Ryvarden.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ipulet, P.; Ryvarden, L. (2005). "New and interesting polypores from Uganda". Synopsis Fungorum. 20: 87–99.


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