Pestalosphaeria
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| Pestalosphaeria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Amphisphaeriales |
| Family: | Amphisphaeriaceae |
| Genus: | Pestalosphaeria M.E. Barr |
| Type species | |
| Pestalosphaeria concentrica M.E. Barr | |
Pestalosphaeria is a genus of fungi in the family Amphisphaeriaceae.
The morphological characters of Pestalosphaeria comprise cylindrical asci with a J+ apical apparatus, ascospores uniseriate in the ascus, three cells, ellipsoid, and a pale dull brown color.[1]
The genus name of Pestalosphaeria is in honour of Fortunato Pestalozza (died 1878), who was an Italian botanist and doctor who worked in Constantinople and Antalya.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow in Mycologia vol.67 on page 188 in 1975.