Daldinia

Daldinia
Daldinia concentrica
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales
Family: Hypoxylaceae
Genus: Daldinia
Ces. & De Not. (1863)
Type species
Daldinia concentrica
(Bolton) Ces. & De Not. (1863)

Daldinia is a genus of fungi in the family Hypoxylaceae.

The genus name of Daldinia is in honour of Agostino Daldini (1817-1895), a Swiss clergyman and botanist, a Capuchin friar from Locarno.

The genus was circumscribed by Vincenzo de Cesati in Comment. Soc. Crittog. Ital. 1: Issue 50 on pages 197-360 in 1863.

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