Underwoodia (fungus)

Underwoodia
Underwoodia columnaris
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Underwoodia

Peck (1890)
Type species
Underwoodia columnaris
Peck (1890)

Underwoodia is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the order Pezizales. The widespread genus contained many species, before they were transferred to the Geomorium genus. The genus, described by Charles Horton Peck in 1890, honors mycologist Lucien Marcus Underwood.