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Koerberia

genus of fungi

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJan 5, 2024
Entity authorityQ6425625 ↗
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Koerberia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Koerberiaceae.

The genus name of Koerberia is in honour of Gustav Wilhelm Körber (1817–1885), who was a German lichenologist.

The genus was circumscribed by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in Geneacaena vol.4 on page 6 in 1854.

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The public source identifies “Koerberia” as genus of fungi. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Koerberia, genus and fungi.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1817, 1885, 1854—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Koerberia, genus and fungi providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 5, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q6425625. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1817, 1885 and 1854.

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This entry incorporates text from “Koerberia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.