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Genus: | Leprieuria Laessøe, J.D. Rogers & Whalley |
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Leprieuria bacillum (Mont.) Læssøe, J.D. Rogers & Whalley |
Leprieuria is a genus of fungi in the family Xylariaceae. [1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Leprieuria bacillum. [2]
The genus name of Leprieuria is in honour of François Mathias René Leprieur (1799–1870) who was a French pharmacist and naturalist. [3]
The genus was circumscribed by Thomas Læssøe, Jack David Rogers and Anthony James Seddon Whalley in Mycol. Res. vol.93 (Issue 2) on page 152 in 1989.
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