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Plectania

genus of fungi

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ5235905 ↗
Source-derived summary

Plectania is a genus of fungi in the family Sarcosomataceae. It was circumscribed by German botanist Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in 1870.

There were 15 species in the genus in 2008, this has increased to 19 by 2023.

Distribution

It has a widespread, cosmopolitan distribution, especially in northern temperate areas.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Plectania” is genus of fungi. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Plectania, genus and fungi, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1870, 2008, 2023—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Plectania, genus and fungi is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “genus of fungi” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5235905. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1870, 2008 and 2023.

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Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Plectania”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Plectania primary sources, Plectania archive and Plectania research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Plectania” 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.