Onygena

Onygena
	Onygena equina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Onygenales
Family:	Onygenaceae
Genus:	Onygena; Pers. (1800)
Type species
	Onygena equina; (Willd.) Pers. (1800)
Species
	O. apus; O. corvina; O. equina; O. piligena
Synonyms[1]
	Piligena Schumach. (1821)

Onygena is a genus of fungi within the Onygenaceae family.[2] The genus contains five species found in North America and Europe that grow on bones and feathers.[3]

References

"Onygena Pers. 1800". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

External links

Onygena in Index Fungorum

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[urlMycoBank:_Onygena-1] "Onygena Pers. 1800". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

[2] Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.

[Kirk2008-3] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.