| Dumontinia | |
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| Dumontinia tuberosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Helotiales |
| Family: | Sclerotiniaceae |
| Genus: | Dumontinia L.M.Kohn (1979) |
| Type species | |
| Dumontinia tuberosa (Bull.) L.M.Kohn (1979) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Dumontinia is a fungal genus in the family Sclerotiniaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Dumontinia tuberosa, found in Europe. [2]
The genus name of Dumontinia is in honour of Kent Parsons Dumont (b.1941), an American botanist (Mycology) from the New York Botanical Garden. [3]
The genus was circumscribed by Linda M.Kohn in Mycotaxon Vol.9 (Issue 2) on page 432 in 1979. [1]