Cainiella

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Cainiella
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Cainiella

E.Müll. (1957)
Type species
Cainiella johansonii
(Rehm) E.Müll. (1957)
Species

C. borealis
C. johansonii

Cainiella is a genus of fungi in the family Sordariaceae. [1]

The genus name of Cainiella is in honour of Roy Franklin Cain (1906 - 1998), a Canadian botanist and Professor in Toronto. [2]

The genus was circumscribed by Emil Müller in Sydowia Vol.10 on page 120 in 1957.

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References

  1. Kruys A, Castlebury LA. (2011). "Molecular phylogeny of Sydowiellaceae—resolving the position of Cainiella". Mycologia. 104 (2): 419–426. doi:10.3852/11-163. PMID   22075786.
  2. 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.