Lanzia

Lanzia
Lanzia luteovirescens
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Rutstroemiaceae
Genus: Lanzia
Sacc.
Type species
Lanzia flavorufa
(Sacc.) Sacc.

Lanzia is a genus of fungi within the family Rutstroemiaceae.

The genus name of Lanzia is in honour of Matteo Lanzi (1824-1908), who was an Italian doctor, botanist (Mycology and Algology) and diatom researcher. He worked as a lecturer at the University in Rome.

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Bot. Centralbl. vol.18 on pages 218 and 306 in 1884.