Fungi named in 1883

Saccharomyces is a genus of fungi that includes many species of yeasts. The name Saccharomyces is from Greek σάκχαρον ('sugar') and μύκης ('fungus') and means sugar fungus. Many members of this genus are considered very important in food production where they are known as brewer's yeast, baker's yeast and sourdough starter among others. They are unicellular and saprotrophic fungi. One example is Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is used in making bread, wine, and beer, and for human and animal health. Other members of this genus include the wild yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus that is the closest

Metarhizium anisopliae is a fungus, the type species in the Metarhizium genus. It grows naturally in soils throughout the world and causes disease in various insects by acting as a parasitoid. Ilya I. Mechnikov named it Entomophthora anisopliae after the insect species from which it was originally isolated – the beetle Anisoplia austriaca and from these early days, fungi such as this have been seen as potentially important tools for pest management. It is a mitosporic fungus with asexual reproduction.

Laccaria is a genus around 100 species of fungus found in both temperate and tropical regions of the world. They are mycorrhizal. The type species is Laccaria laccata, commonly known as the deceiver. Other notable species include L. bicolor, and the amethyst deceiver (L. amethystina), sometimes incorrectly written as L. amethystea. Because some Laccaria species have the ability to grow vegetatively and/or germinate from basidiospores in culture, they are often used as experimental systems for studies of ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes. They have a tetrapolar mating system, meaning that the

Taphrina betulina is a fungal plant pathogen that causes the gall, witches broom, which is a chemical infection of birch buds or the developing shoots, leading to a proliferation of growth. It was first described by Emil Rostrup in 1883 and is found in Europe, New Zealand and North America.

Metarhizium is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae. With the advent of genetic profiling, placing these fungi in proper taxa has now become possible. Most turn out to be the asexual forms (anamorphs) of fungi in the phylum Ascomycota, including Metacordyceps spp.

Inocybe praetervisa is a small, yellow and brown mushroom in the family Inocybaceae, distinguished from other members of the genus by its unusual spores and bulb. The unusual spores led to the species being named the type species of the now-abandoned genus Astrosporina; recent studies have shown that such a genus could not exist, as the species with the defining traits do not form a monophyletic group. However, it is a part of several clades within the genus Inocybe. I. praetervisa grows on the ground in woodland, favouring beech trees, and is found in Europe, North America and Asia. It is

The Lophiostomataceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. Taxa have a widespread distribution, especially in temperate regions, and are saprobic or necrotrophic on herbaceous and woody stems. The family Lophiostomataceae was thought to be heterogeneous or paraphyletic, but recent phylogenetic analyses support the monophyletic status of Lophiostomataceae sensu stricto (Mugambi and Huhndorf 2009; Zhang et al. 2012; Hyde et al. 2013; Wijayawardene et al. 2014,). In their multi-gene analysis, Schoch et al. (2006, 2009,) showed Lophiostomataceae to belong in Pleosporales. Zhang et al.

Guepiniopsis is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. The genus contains about seven widely distributed species. Guepiniopsis was circumscribed by Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1883.

Russula violacea, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Russulaceae first described by Lucien Quélet.

Capronia is a genus of fungi in the family Herpotrichiellaceae. It has about 80 species.

Massarina is a genus of fungi in the Massarinaceae family. Anamorph forms of species in Massarina include Acrocalymma, Ceratophoma, and Tetraploa. Massarina was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1883. The widespread genus contains about 100 species. The genus name of Massarina is in honour of Giuseppe Filippo Massara (1792-1839), who was an Italian doctor and botanist, working in Sondrio.

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Doassansia is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Doassansiaceae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.

Caliciopsis pinea, or Caliciopsis pine canker, is a species of fungus in the family Coryneliaceae. It is most often found on Pinus strobus in New England, New York, Virginia, West Virginia, Quebec and Ontario. It has also been found on Pinus rigida, Pinus pungens, Pinus echinata, Pinus resinosus, and Pinus virginiana in North America. It has also been reported in Europe on Pinus pinaster, Pinus radiata, Pinus pumilo, and Abies species. The fungus forms an insect/disease complex with white pine bast scale (Matsucoccus macrocicatrices), which causes branch and sapling mortality in Pinus

Vizella is a genus of leaf-inhabiting fungi in the class Dothideomycetes, and the type genus of the family Vizellaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1883.

Seynesia is a genus of fungi in the family Cainiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Syll. Fungorum vol.2 on page 668 in 1883. The genus name of Seynesia is in honour of Jules de Seynes (1833–1912), who was a French physician, botanist and mycologist, and Professor of Natural history at the Medical faculty within the University of Paris. He previously also was at the University of Montpellier.

Septoria helianthi, also known as Septoria leaf spot, is a fungal plant pathogen infecting sunflowers.

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Pseudopyrenula is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Trypetheliaceae.

Porina leptosperma is a species of foliicolous (leaf-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Porinaceae. It was described as a new species in 1883 by Johannes Müller Argoviensis. Originally described from specimens collected in Brazil, it is also found in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania, New Zealand and Tasmania.

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Podospora appendiculata is a coprophilous fungus that is most commonly found in the dung of lagomorphs, such as hares and rabbits, in temperate to warm climates. A member of the division Ascomycota, P. appendiculata is characterized by ovoid, hair-studded perithecia which can bear a distinctive violaceous colouring and peridia which are leathery, in texture. Podospora appendiculata produces three secondary metabolites (appenolides) with antimicrobial properties.

Pluteus cyanopus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Pluteaceae. Found in Africa, Europe, and North America, its fruit bodies contain the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and psilocin. The species was first described scientifically by French mycologist Lucien Quélet in 1883.

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Eremascus is the sole genus in the fungal family Eremascaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Eduard Eidam in 1883, while the family was circumscribed by Adolf Engler and E. Gilg in 1924. Eremascus is thought to be a basal fungus, from which ascomycetous yeasts formed. Taxa have a widespread distribution, and grow saprobically, especially on substrates with low water content.

Curreya is a genus of fungi in the family Cucurbitariaceae. The genus name of Curreya is in honour of Frederick Currey (1819–1881), a British botanist and Secretary of the Linnean Society between 1860 – 1880. The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Syll. Fung. Vol.2 on page 651 in 1883.

Broomella is a genus of fungi in the family Sporocadaceae. Fungal genera Broomella and Hyalotiella are poorly known genera in the formerly known Amphisphaeriaceae (now the Sporocadaceae family). Both types of genera are known from their morphological descriptions. Three collections of fungi were made from dead twigs of Clematis species in Italy, and two from Spartium species and were later identified using LSU gene data as Broomella and Hyalotiella species. Specifically Broomella vitalbae and Hyalotiella spartii.