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Octaviania
Octaviania asterosperma
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Octaviania

Vittad. (1831)[1]
Type species
Octaviania asterosperma
Vittad. (1831)

Octaviania is a genus of truffle-like fungi in the family Boletaceae. The widespread genus is estimated to contain 15 species.[2]

The genus name honours of Vicenzo Ottaviani (1790–1853), an Italian doctor and mycologist and Professor of Medicine and Botany at University of Camerino.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Carlo Vittadini in 1831.[1]

Species

As of September 2022, Species Fungorum (via the Catalogue of Life database) accepts 48 species of Octaviana.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Vittadini, C. (1831). Monographia Tuberacearum (in Latin). Milano, Italy. p. 15.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 478. 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Source dataset. Species Fungorum Plus: Species Fungorum for CoL+. "Octaviania". Catalog of Life Version 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  5. ^ Cabero J, García F, Alvarado P (2013). "Octaviania arbucalensis sp. nov. (Basidiomycota, Boletales, un nuevo hongo hipogeo localizado en Zamora (España)". Boletín de la Sociedad Micológica de Madrid. 35: 243–252.
  6. ^ Choeyklin R, Boonpratuang T, Sommai S, Somrithipol S (2012). "Octaviania violascens: a new sequestrate bolete from Thailand". Mycotaxon. 120: 149–55. doi:10.5248/120.149.