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As with other living organisms, the name applied to any fungus is a binomial, a capitalised genus name followed by a lower case species name, both written in italics. The classification of organisms into genera and species was a concept introduced by Linneaus in 1753 and it is the keystone of biological science. This chapter describes the fundamentals behind naming species as currently governed by the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants.
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Pitt, J.I., Hocking, A.D. (2022). Naming and Classifying Fungi. In: Fungi and Food Spoilage. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85640-3_3
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