{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Plectania nannfeldtii 187.jpg | image_caption = ''Plectania nannfeldtii'' | taxon = Plectania | authority = Fuckel (1870) | type_species = ''Plectania melastoma'' | type_species_authority = (Sowerby II) Fuckel (1870) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="urlMycoBank: Plectania"/> | synonyms = ''Gloeocalyx'' <small>Massee (1901)</small><br> ''Peziza'' subgen. ''Rhizopodella'' <small>Cooke (1879)</small> }}

'''''Plectania''''' is a genus of fungi in the family Sarcosomataceae. It was circumscribed by German botanist Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in 1870.<ref name="Fuckel 1870"/>

There were 15 species in the genus in 2008,<ref name="Kirk 2008"/> this has increased to 19 by 2023.<ref name="Fungorum"/>

==Distribution== It has a widespread, cosmopolitan distribution, especially in northern temperate areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Plectania'' Fuckel, 1870 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2593447 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=22 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==Species== As accepted by Species Fungorum;<ref name="Fungorum">{{cite web |title=Plectania - Search Page |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Plectania |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref> {{div col}} *''Plectania campylospora'' {{Au|(Berk.) Nannf. (1957)}} *''Plectania chilensis'' {{Au|(Mont.) Gamundí (1971)}} *''Plectania cyttarioides'' {{Au|(Rehm) Korf (1957)}} *''Plectania ericae'' {{Au|(Donadini) Roqué (2009)}} *''Plectania gelatinosa'' {{Au|Pat. (1907)}} *''Plectania harnischii'' {{Au|M. Carbone, Agnello, A.D. Parker & P. Alvarado (2021)}} *''Plectania kohniae'' {{Au|Korf & W.Y. Zhuang (1991)}} *''Plectania lutea'' {{Au|T. Bau & G.F. Mou (2021)}} *''Plectania megalocrater'' {{Au|(Malençon & Le Gal) M. Carbone, Agnello & Konstantin. (2011)}} *''Plectania melastoma'' {{Au|(Sowerby) Fuckel (1870)}} *''Plectania milleri'' {{Au|Paden & Tylutki (1969)}} *''Plectania modesta'' {{Au|Otani (1973)}} *''Plectania platensis'' {{Au|(Speg.) Rifai (1968)}} *''Plectania rhytidia'' {{Au|(Berk.) Nannf. & Korf (1957)}} *''Plectania rimosa'' {{Au|Peck (1903)}} *''Plectania rugosa'' {{Au|(Le Gal) M. Carbone, Baglivo & Agnello (2010)}} *''Plectania sichuanensis'' {{Au|M. Zeng, Q. Zhao & K.D. Hyde (2021)}} *''Plectania yunnanensis'' {{Au|W.Y. Zhuang (1998)}} *''Plectania zugazae'' {{Au|Calonge & Alb. García (2003)}} {{div col end}}

Former species (all Sarcosomataceae unless stated otherwise);<ref name="Fungorum"/> {{div col}} * ''P. bulgarioides'' {{Au|(P. Karst.) Hazsl. (1886)}} = ''Rutstroemia bulgarioides'', Rutstroemiaceae * ''P. carbonaria'' {{Au|(Alb. & Schwein.) Hazsl. (1886)}} = ''Geopyxis carbonaria'', Pyronemataceae * ''P. carranzae'' {{Au|Calonge & M. Mata (2002)}} = ''Pseudoplectania carranzae'' * ''P. chudei'' {{Au|Pat. ex Le Gal (1953)}} = ''Kompsoscypha chudei'', Sarcoscyphaceae * ''P. coccinea'' {{Au|(Jacq.) Fuckel (1870)}} = ''Sarcoscypha coccinea'', Sarcoscyphaceae * ''P. coccinea'' {{Au|(Scop.) Fuckel ex Seaver (1928)}} = ''Sarcoscypha coccinea'', Sarcoscyphaceae * ''P. coccinea'' f. ''albida'' {{Au|A.B. Klinge (1944)}} = ''Sarcoscypha coccinea'', Sarcoscyphaceae * ''P. cupularis'' {{Au|(L.) Hazsl. (1886)}} = ''Tarzetta cupularis'', Tarzettaceae * ''P. floccosa'' {{Au|(Sacc.) Seaver (1928)}} = ''Microstoma floccosum'', Sarcoscyphaceae * ''P. helvelloides'' {{Au|(Donadini, Berthet & Astier) Donadini (1987)}} = ''Urnula helvelloides'' * ''P. hiemalis'' {{Au|(Bernstein) Seaver (1928)}} = ''Microstoma protractum'', Sarcoscyphaceae * ''P. infundibulum'' {{Au|Hazsl. (1887)}} = ''Galactinia infundibulum'', Pezizaceae * ''P. latahensis'' {{Au|(Paden & Tylutki) M. Carbone, Agnello & Baglivo (2009)}} = ''Pseudosarcosoma latahense'', Chorioactidaceae * ''P. lilliputiana'' {{Au|Le Gal (1953)}} = ''Sarcoscypha lilliputiana'', Sarcoscyphaceae * ''P. lusitanica'' {{Au|(Torrend & Boud.) M. Carbone, Agnello, Baglivo & O. Perić (2012)}} = ''Urnula lusitanica'' * ''P. mediterranea'' {{Au|M. Carbone, Agnello & Baglivo (2009)}} = ''Urnula mediterranea'' * ''P. melaena'' {{Au|(Fr.) Paden (1982)}} = ''Pseudoplectania melaena'' * ''P. mexicana'' {{Au|(Ellis & Holw.) Paden (1983)}} = ''Urnula mexicana'' * ''P. minuscula'' {{Au|(Boud. & Torrend) Le Gal (1953)}} = ''Pseudopithyella minuscula'', Sarcoscyphaceae * ''P. nannfeldtii'' {{Au|Korf (1957)}} = ''Donadinia nigrella'' * ''P. nigrella'' {{Au|(Pers.) P. Karst. (1885)}} = ''Pseudoplectania nigrella'' * ''P. occidentalis'' {{Au|(Schwein.) Seaver (1928)}} = ''Sarcoscypha occidentalis'', Sarcoscyphaceae * ''P. protracta'' {{Au|(Fr.) S. Imai (1938)}} = ''Microstoma protractum'', Sarcoscyphaceae * ''P. rhytidia'' f. ''platensis'' {{Au|(Speg.) Donadini (1985)}} = ''Plectania platensis'' * ''P. seaveri'' {{Au|M. Carbone, Agnello & LaGreca (2012)}}<ref name="Carbone 2012"/> = ''Donadinia seaveri'' * ''P. serrata'' {{Au|Le Gal (1953)}} = ''Sarcoscypha serrata'', Sarcoscyphaceae * ''P. stenostoma'' {{Au|(Mart.) Sacc. (1889)}} = ''Plectania melastoma'' {{div col end}}

==See also==

* ''Pseudoplectania''

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="Carbone 2012">{{cite journal |vauthors=Carbone M, Agnello C, LaGreca S |title=''Plectania seaveri'' (Ascomycota, Pezizales), a new discomycete from Bermuda |journal=Mycotaxon |year=2012 |volume=120 |pages=317–29 |doi=10.5248/120.317|doi-access=free |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/393804 }}</ref>

<ref name="Fuckel 1870">{{cite journal |author=Fuckel L. |title=Symbolae mycologicae. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der rheinischen Pilze |journal=Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde |year=1870 |volume=23–4 |page=323 |language=German}}</ref>

<ref name="Kirk 2008">{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=544 |isbn=0-85199-826-7}}</ref>

<ref name="urlMycoBank: Plectania">{{cite web |title=''Plectania'' Fuckel 1870 |url=http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=57171&Fields=All |publisher=MycoBank. International Mycological Association |accessdate=2012-04-26}}</ref>

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