Passeriniella
Genus of fungi
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Passeriniella is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes and in the Dothideales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown (incertae sedis).[1]
| Passeriniella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Subclass: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Passeriniella Berl. |
| Type species | |
| Passeriniella dichroa (Pass.) Berl. | |
The genus name of Passeriniella is in honour of Giovanni Passerini (1816-1893), who was an Italian botanist and entomologist and also director of the Orto Botanico di Parma.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Napoleone Berlese in Icon. Fungorum vol.1 on page 51 in 1892.
