| Cesatiella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Amphisphaeriales |
| Family: | Hyponectriaceae |
| Genus: | Cesatiella Sacc. |
| Type species | |
| Cesatiella australis Sacc. & Speg. | |
Cesatiella is a genus of fungi in the family Hyponectriaceae. [1]
The genus name of Cesatiella is in honour of Vincenzo Barone di Cesati (1806 - 1883), an Italian botanist and Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Garden of Naples, Italy. [2]
The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Michelia Vol.1 (Issue 2) on page 250 in 1878.
As accepted by Species Fungorum; [3]
Former species; C. polyblasta(Romell & Sacc.) Höhn. (1905) = Phragmocalosphaeria polyblasta , Calosphaeriaceae