| Edwardiella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lichinomycetes |
| Order: | Lichinales |
| Family: | Lichinellaceae |
| Genus: | Edwardiella Henssen (1986) |
| Species: | E. mirabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Edwardiella mirabilis Henssen (1986) | |
Edwardiella is a fungal genus in the family Lichinellaceae. [1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Edwardiella mirabilis. Aino Henssen named the genus after the Prince Edward Islands, the type locality of the type species. [2]
In a 2024 multilocus molecular phylogenetics-informed re-classification of the Lichinomycetes, Edwardiella was placed in the newly erected family Lichinellaceae alongside Gonotichia , Lichinella and Synalissina . In that treatment the genus comprises E. mirabilis and is grouped with taxa characterised at family level by thallinocarpous ascomata and a Lichinella-type ascus. [1]
