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Kalmusia
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Kalmusia

Kalmusia is a genus of fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae. The genus was formerly placed in family Montagnulaceae, before that was dissolved. The widespread, genus was estimated to contain about 12 species in 2008, which has increased to 29 species in 2023.

The genus name of Kalmusia is in honour of Jakub Kalmus (1834 - 1870), who was a Bohemian doctor and Cryptogam researcher, who was a friend of the plant author.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Kalmusia sarothamni

speciesKalmusia sarothamni

Kalmusia clivensis

speciesKalmusia clivensis

Kalmusia surrecta

speciesKalmusia surrecta

Kalmusia erioi

speciesKalmusia erioi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1024553.