Engleromyces

Engleromyces is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae.^[3] The genus contains two species, the type Engleromyces goetzei (found in Africa and Asia) and E. sinensis (found in China), described as new in 2010.^[4] The genus was circumscribed in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.28 on page 327 in 1900 by German mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings.^[5]

Engleromyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Xylariales
Family:	Xylariaceae
Genus:	Engleromyces P.Henn. (1900)
Type species
Engleromyces goetzei P.Henn. (1900)
Species
E. goetzei E. sinensis
Synonyms[1]
Colletomanginia Har. & Pat. (1906)[2] Stromne Clem. (1909) Cerillum Clem. (1931)

The genus name of Engleromyces is in honour of Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844 – 1930), who was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography.^[6]