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Table 1 Examples for the use of italics and roman type

From: Setting scientific names at all taxonomic ranks in italics facilitates their quick recognition in scientific papers

Name

Notes

Fungi

Kingdom (monophyletic)

fungi

All organisms that are fungi in a morphological or physiological sense (polyphyletic)

Oomycota

Phylum

oomycetes

Any organism belonging to the Oomycota

Phoma

Genus

phoma-like

Any organism with characteristics of Phoma

agaric

Mushroom with umbrella-like pileus and lamellae

Agaricus

The genus of the button mushroom