Macowaniella

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Macowaniella
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Macowaniella

Type species
Macowaniella congesta
(G. Winter) Doidge
Species

Macowaniella congesta
Macowaniella myrsinicola

Macowaniella is a genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. 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. [1]

It is mainly found in South Africa or Alaska. [2]

The genus name of Macowaniella is in honour of Peter MacOwen (1830-1909), who was a (British-) South African teacher, chemist and botanist. [3]

The genus was circumscribed by Ethel Mary Doidge in Bothalia vol.1 on page 9 in 1921.

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References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. "Macowaniella E.M.Doidge, 1921". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  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.