Martininia
Genus of fungi
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Martininia is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae.[2]
| Martininia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Helotiales |
| Family: | Sclerotiniaceae |
| Genus: | Martininia Dumont & Korf |
| Type species | |
| Martininia panamaensis (Whetzel) Dumont & Korf | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Martinia Whetzel, 1942 | |
The genus name of Martininia is in honour of George Willard Martin (1886–1971), who was an American mycologist.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Kent Parsons Dumont and Richard Paul Korf in Mycologia vol.62 (Issue 3) on page 608 in 1970.[1]