| Valetoniella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Niessliaceae |
| Genus: | Valetoniella Höhn. |
| Type species | |
| Valetoniella crucipila Höhn. | |
Valetoniella is a genus of fungi within the Niessliaceae family. [1] The genus contains three species. [2]
The genus was circumscribed by Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel in Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Abt. vol.1, 118: 1499 in 1909.
The genus name of Valetoniella is in honour of Theodoric Valeton (1855-1929), who was a Dutch botanist who went to Indonesia. [3]
As accepted by Species Fungorum; [4]