Plectania

Plectania is a genus of fungi in the family Sarcosomataceae. It was circumscribed by German botanist Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in 1870.

Plectania
Plectania nannfeldtii
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Plectania

Fuckel (1870)
Type species
Plectania melastoma
(Sowerby) Fuckel (1870)
Synonyms

Gloeocalyx Massee (1901)
Peziza subgen. Rhizopodella Cooke (1879)

There were 15 species in the genus in 2008, this has increased to 19 by 2023.

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