Biscogniauxia

Biscogniauxia
Biscogniauxia nummularia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales
Family: Graphostromataceae
Genus: Biscogniauxia
Kuntze (1891)
Type species
Biscogniauxia nummularia
(Bull.) Kuntze (1891)
Synonyms

Kommamyce Nieuwl. (1916)
Albocrustum McGinty (1925)
Nummulariella Eckblad & Granmo 1978

Biscogniauxia is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae. Subtaxa include Biscogniauxia capnodes var. capnodes, Biscogniauxia marginata and Biscogniauxia nummularia, which are plant pathogens. The genus was circumscribed by Otto Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2 on page 398 in 1891.

The genus name of Biscogniauxia is in honour of Célestin Alfred Cogniaux (1841 – 1916), was a Belgian botanist.

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