Onnia
Onnia tomentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Hymenochaetales
Family:
Hymenochaetaceae
Genus:
Onnia

Type species
Onnia circinata
(Fr.) P. Karst

Onnia is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. The widely distributed genus contains five species.[1]

The genus name of Onnia is in honour of Onni Alexander Karsten (1868-1958), who was a Finnish gardener, who worked at the Mustiala Agriculture Institute in Tampere.[2]

Onni Alexander Karsten was also the son of Petter Adolf Karsten and the genus was circumscribed by Petter Adolf Karsten in Bidrag Kännedom Finlands Natur Folk vol.48 on pages 326 - 376 in 1889.

Species list

  • Onnia circinata
  • Onnia incisa
  • Onnia musashiensis
  • Onnia orientalis
  • Onnia scaura
  • Onnia tomentosa

References

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  1. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ↑ 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.


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