Peyronellaea
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| Peyronellaea | |
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| Peyronellaea pinodes causing necrotic lesions of leaves of field pea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Didymellaceae |
| Genus: | Peyronellaea Goid. ex Togliani, emend. Aveskamp, Gruyter, & Verkley[1] |
| Type species | |
| Peyronellaea glomerata (Corda) Goid. ex Togliani | |
Peyronellaea is a genus of fungi in the family Didymellaceae. It contains a number of plant pathogens.
The genus name of Peyronellaea is in honour of Beniamino Peyronel (1890-1975), who was an Italian botanist (Mycology and Lichenology) from the University of Turin.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Gabriele Goidànich in Atti Accad. Naz. Lincei, Rendiconti Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat. ser.8, vol.1 on page 450 in 1946.
