Pestalopezia

Pestalopezia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Helotiales
Family:	Helotiaceae
Genus:	Pestalopezia ; Seaver (1942)
Type species
	Pestalopezia brunneopruinosa; (Zeller) Seaver (1942)
Species
	P. brunneopruinosa ; P. rhododendri ; P. tsugae

Last updated August 17, 2025

Pestalopezia is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae.^[2] The genus contains three species.^[3]

The genus name of Pestalopezia is in honour of Fortunato Pestalozza (died 1878), who was an Italian botanist and doctor who worked in Constantinople and Antalya.^[4]

The genus was circumscribed by Fred Jay Seaver in Mycologia vol.34 (Issue 3) on page 300 in 1942.

References

↑ Seaver, Fred J. (1942). "Photographs and Descriptions of Cup-Fungi: XXXVI. A New Species and Genus". Mycologia. 34 (3): 298–301. doi:10.2307/3754642. JSTOR 3754642.
↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 510. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
↑ 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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[1] Seaver, Fred J. (1942). "Photographs and Descriptions of Cup-Fungi: XXXVI. A New Species and Genus". Mycologia. 34 (3): 298–301. doi:10.2307/3754642. JSTOR 3754642.

[OoA-2] Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.

[Kirk2008-3] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 510. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.

[4] 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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