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unusual facts about cup fungi



Henry Dissing

Henry Dissing (1931 – 10 December 2009) was a Danish mycologist and specialist in cup fungi.

Plectania nannfeldtii

The species was first described by British mycologist Fred Jay Seaver in 1928, who called it Paxina nigrella in his monograph of the cup fungi of North America.


see also

Sarcoscypha occidentalis

In 1928, Fred Jay Seaver overturned Saccardo's naming and applied the name Plectania to Sarcoscypha coccinea and other red cup fungi.