Massaria

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Massaria
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Massariaceae
Genus: Massaria
De Not.
Type species
Massaria inquinans
(Tode) De Not.
Synonyms [1]
  • AglaosporaDe Not.
  • BathystomumFüisting
  • PhaeomassariaSpegazzini, 1880

Massaria is a genus of fungi in the family Massariaceae. [2]

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The genus name of Massaria is in honour of Giuseppe Filippo Massara (1792-1839), who was an Italian doctor and botanist, working in Sondrio. [3]

The genus was circumscribed by Giuseppe De Notaris in Giorn. Bot. Ital. vol.1 (Issue 1) on page 333 in 1844.

Known species

As accepted by GBIF; [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Massaria De Not., 1844". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.