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Genus of fungi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pestalopezia is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae.[2] The genus contains three species.[3]
Pestalopezia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Leotiomycetes |
Order: | Helotiales |
Family: | Helotiaceae |
Genus: | Pestalopezia Seaver (1942)[1] |
Type species | |
Pestalopezia brunneopruinosa (Zeller) Seaver (1942) | |
Species | |
P. brunneopruinosa |
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.
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