Peyritschiella

Peyritschiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Laboulbeniomycetes
Order:	Laboulbeniales
Family:	Laboulbeniaceae
Genus:	Peyritschiella; Thaxt.
Type species
	Peyritschiella curvata; Thaxt.

Peyritschiella is a genus of fungi in the family Laboulbeniaceae.^[1] The genus contain 47 species.^[2]

The genus name of Peyritschiella is in honour of Johann Joseph Peyritsch (1835–1889), who was an Austrian physician and botanist born in Völkermarkt.^[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Roland Thaxter in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. vol.25 on page 8 in 1890.

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