Pestalopezia
| Pestalopezia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Helotiales |
| Family: | Helotiaceae |
| Genus: | Pestalopezia Seaver (1942)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pestalopezia brunneopruinosa (Zeller) Seaver (1942)
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| Species | |
Pestalopezia is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae.[2] The genus contains three species.[3]
The genus name of Pestalopezia is in honour of Fortunato Pestalozza (died 1878), who was an Italian botanist and doctor who worked in Constantinople and Antalya.[4]
The genus was circumscribed by Fred Jay Seaver in Mycologia vol.34 (Issue 3) on page 300 in 1942.
References[edit]
- ^ Seaver, Fred J. (1942). "Photographs and Descriptions of Cup-Fungi: XXXVI. A New Species and Genus". Mycologia. 34 (3): 298–301. doi:10.2307/3754642. JSTOR 3754642.
- ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 510. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.