Schinzinia

Schinzinia is a fungal genus in the family Agaricaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Schinzinia pustulosa Fayod. The genus and the species were circumscribed by Victor Fayod in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser.7, vol.9 on page 365 in 1889.^[1]

Schinzinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Schinzinia Fayod (1889)
Type species
Schinzinia pustulosa Fayod (1889)

The genus name of Schinzinia is in honour of Hans Schinz (1858–1941), who was a Swiss explorer and botanist and was a native of Zürich.^[2]

See also

• List of Agaricaceae genera
• List of Agaricales genera

References

1. Fayod MV. (1889). "Prodrome d'une histoire naturelle des Agaricinés". Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique. VII (in French). 9: 181–411 (see p. 365).
2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.