Lindquistomyces
Genus of fungi
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Lindquistomyces is a fungal genus in the family Amphisphaeriaceae.[2] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Lindquistomyces antarcticus.[3] This species was originally described as Ophiobolus antarcticus by Carlos Luigi Spegazzini in 1887.[4]
| Lindquistomyces | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Amphisphaeriales |
| Family: | Amphisphaeriaceae |
| Genus: | Lindquistomyces Aramb., E.Müll. & Gamundí (1982) |
| Species: | L. antarcticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lindquistomyces antarcticus (Speg.) Aramb., E.Müll. & Gamundí (1982) | |
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The genus name of Lindquistomyces is in honour of Juan Carlos Lindquist (1899-1990), who was an Argentine agricultural engineer and botanist (Mycology), plantpathologist and specialist in uredinales (rust fungi) and Professor at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata.[5]
The genus was circumscribed by Angélica Margarita Arambarri, Emil Müller and Irma Josefa Gamundí de Amos in Sydowia vol.35 on page 6 in 1982.