Neopeckia

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Ascomycota

| classis = Dothideomycetes

| ordo = incertae sedis

| familia = incertae sedis

| genus = Neopeckia

| genus_authority = Sacc. (1883)

| type_species = Neopeckia coulteri

| type_species_authority = (Peck) Sacc. (1883)

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Neopeckia is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).{{cite journal |last=Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. |date=December 2007 |title=Outline of Ascomycota – 2007 |journal=Myconet |volume=13 |pages=1–58 |url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |publisher=The Field Museum, Department of Botany |location=Chicago, USA}}

The genus name of Neopeckia is in honour of Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917), who was an American mycologist. He has described over 2,700 species of North American fungi.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club vol.10 on page 127 in 1883.

Species

Transferred species;{{cite web |title=Index Fungorum - Search Page |url=http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/Names.asp |website=www.indexfungorum.org |access-date=6 September 2022}}

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