Neopeckia Explained

Neopeckia is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).^[1]

The genus name of Neopeckia is in honour of Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), who was an American mycologist. He has described over 2,700 species of North American fungi.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club vol.10 on page 127 in 1883.

Species

• Neopeckia anceps
• Neopeckia argentinensis
• Neopeckia asperulispora
• Neopeckia bambusae
• Neopeckia brasiliana
• Neopeckia carpini
• Neopeckia constricta
• Neopeckia coulteri
• Neopeckia episphaeria
• Neopeckia fulcita
• Neopeckia herpotrichioides
• Neopeckia japonica
• Neopeckia nitidula
• Neopeckia nobilis
• Neopeckia oryzopsis
• Neopeckia palustris
• Neopeckia parietalis
• Neopeckia pumila
• Neopeckia quercina
• Neopeckia rhodostoma
• Neopeckia roberti

Transferred species;^[3]

• Neopeckia caesalpiniae now Herpotrichia caesalpiniae in Melanommataceae family
• Neopeckia diffusa now Herpotrichia diffusa (Melanommataceae)
• Neopeckia hainanensis now Byssosphaeria hainanensis (Melanommataceae)
• Neopeckia rhodosticta now Herpotrichia rhodosticta (Melanommataceae)
• Neopeckia thaxteri now Spinulosphaeria thaxteri in Sordariomycetidae family.

See also

• List of Dothideomycetes genera incertae sedis

Notes and References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. . December 2007 . Outline of Ascomycota – 2007 . Myconet . 13 . 1–58 . The Field Museum, Department of Botany . Chicago, USA.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
3. Web site: Index Fungorum - Search Page . www.indexfungorum.org . 6 September 2022.