Wynnea

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪni.ə/
  • Hyphenation: Wyn‧nea
  • Rhymes: -ɪniə

Etymology

From Latin (New Latin), named after the American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill's friend and colleague, likely a Latinized form of a surname like Wynn.

Proper noun

Wynnea

  1. (mycology) A genus of fungi in the family Sarcoscyphaceae, characterized by large, ear-shaped, or spoon-shaped apothecia that arise from a common underground sclerotium.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Xu, F.; LoBuglio, K. F.; Pfister, D. H. (2019), “On the co-occurrence of species of Wynnea (Ascomycota, Pezizales, Sarcoscyphaceae) and Armillaria (Basidiomycota, Agaricales, Physalacriaceae)”, in Fungal Systematics and Evolution‎[1], volume 4, →DOI, →ISSN, →PMID, pages 1–12

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