Preussia (fungus) explained

Preussia is a genus of fungi in the family Sporormiaceae. The widespread genus contains 51 species that grow on dung or in the soil.

The genus name of Preussia is in honour of Carl Gottlieb Traugott Preuss (1795-1855), who was a German (Prussian) botanist (Algology andMykology) and Apothecary. He was from 1834 - 1855 an Apothecary in Hoyerswerda.^[1] The genus was circumscribed by Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in Hedwigia vol.6 on page 175 in 1867 and previously in Linnaea vol.24 on page 143 in 1851.

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[2]

Preussia aemulans
Preussia africana
Preussia alloiomera
Preussia alpina
Preussia americana
Preussia antarctica
Preussia aquilirostrata
Preussia bipartis
Preussia borealis
Preussia calomera
Preussia citrullina
Preussia clavispora
Preussia commutata
Preussia constricta
Preussia cymatomera
Preussia dubia
Preussia flanaganii
Preussia fleischhakii
Preussia funiculata
Preussia globosa
Preussia hexaphragmia
Preussia immersa
Preussia inaequalis
Preussia isabellae
Preussia isomera
Preussia lasiocarpa
Preussia lignicola
Preussia longispora
Preussia longisporopsis
Preussia mediterranea
Preussia minipascua
Preussia minipolymera
Preussia obliqua
Preussia octocylindrospora
Preussia octomera
Preussia peltigerae
Preussia persica
Preussia polymorpha
Preussia pyriformis
Preussia quattuordecimcellularis
Preussia scandinavica
Preussia splendens
Preussia sultanii
Preussia systenospora
Preussia tenerifae
Preussia terricola
Preussia tetramera
Preussia typharum
Preussia variispora
Preussia vulgaris

Notes and References

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.
Web site: Preussia - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 16 September 2022.