Kuehniella

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Kuehniella
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Onygenales
Family: Onygenaceae
Genus: Kuehniella
G.F. Orr
Type species
Kuehniella racovitzae
(Lagarde) G.F. Orr

Kuehniella is a genus of fungi within the Onygenaceae family. [1]

The genus name of Kuehniella is in honour of Harold Hermann Kuehn n (1927 - 1990), who was an American botanist and mycologist. [2]

The genus was circumscribed by G.F. Orr in Mycotaxon vol.4 on page 172 in 1976.

References

  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.