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J. Kickx, although Phillip Franz Wilhelm von Zwackh-Holzhausen is right up there; and of course Ramsbottom has a certain ring to it...
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Well, for a while I was having real trouble with this one. I've made up so many ridiculous names myself for the key here (like Fewocappus and Shortoporus) that they began blurring together with real-life silly names like Hapalopilus and Bdellospora.
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But at length a clear favorite emerged. True, there are funny-sounding fungal names like Fanniomyces and Gerronema; and there are cool-sounding ones, like Neocosmospora and Lachnocladium. But my favorite is Saksenaea. Why? Because it was declared by Saksena himself (herself?); it's a self-honorific. That's gotta win some sort of prize...
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Kniep's (1929) Vererbungserscheinungen bei Pilzen
Need I say more? Can I say more?
