Malmeomyces

Malmeomyces
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Malmeomyces

Starbäck
Type species
Malmeomyces pulchellus
Starbäck
Synonyms

Chaetothyrium pulchellum (Starbäck) Theiss. (1913)

Malmeomyces is a genus of fungi within the Niessliaceae family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Malmeomyces pulchellus Starbäck.

The genus name of Malmeomyces is in honour of Gustaf Oskar Andersson Malme (1864-1937), who was a Swedish botanist.

The genus was circumscribed by Karl Starbäck in Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. vol.25 (Afd. 3,1): [3]-4, 32 in 1899.