Merugia

Merugia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Informal group:	Sordariomycetes incertae sedis
Genus:	Merugia ; Rogerson & Samuels (1990)
Type species
	Merugia palicoureae; Rogerson & Samuels (1990)

Last updated January 27, 2026

Merugia is a genus of fungi in the Sordariomycetes class (subclass Sordariomycetidae) of the Ascomycota. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ( incertae sedis ), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any order or family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Merugia palicoureae, found on the living petioles of Palicourea plants in Guyana.^[1] The genus and species were described by mycologists Clark Thomas Rogerson and Gary J. Samuels in 1990.^[2]

References

↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
↑ Samuels GJ, Rogerson CT (1990). "New Ascomycetes from the Guayana Highland". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 64: 165–83.

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[Kirk_2008-1] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

[Samuels_1990-2] Samuels GJ, Rogerson CT (1990). "New Ascomycetes from the Guayana Highland". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 64: 165–83.

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