Erikssonopsis

Erikssonopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Helotiales
Family:	Helotiaceae
Genus:	Erikssonopsis ; Höhn. n. illeg. (non Clem.)
Type species
	Erikssonopsis ericae; (Fr.) M. Morelet

Last updated August 17, 2025

Erikssonopsis is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae.^[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Erikssonopsis ericae.

The genus name of Erikssonopsis is in honour of Birgitta Eriksson (b.1934), a Swedish botanist (Mycology).^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Michel Morelet in Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Archéol. Toulon Var Vol.195 on page 7 in 1971.

References

↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
↑ 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.

External links

Erikssonopsis at Index Fungorum

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[1] Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.

[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.

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