Erikssonia Penz. & Sacc., Malpighia 11(11-12): 526 (1898)

Index Fungorum number: IF 1884; MycoBank number: MB 1884; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13486; 5 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020).

Type species – Erikssonia pulchella Penz. & Sacc.

Notes – Erikssonia was named by Penzig & Saccardo as a member of Hysteriaceae (Stevenson 1943). Erikssonia can be distinguished by erumpent to superficial stromata, with uniloculate epistromata, which sometimes are attached to the host tissue by a partly immersed hypostroma (Penzig & Saccardo 1897a, b).

Species

  • Erikssonia pulchella