Petrakiopeltis

Petrakiopeltis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Subclass:	Dothideomycetidae
Order:	Microthyriales
Family:	Microthyriaceae
Genus:	Petrakiopeltis; Bat., A.F. Vital & Cif.
Type species
	Petrakiopeltis byrsonimae; Bat., A.F. Vital & Cif.

Petrakiopeltis is a genus of fungi in the Microthyriaceae family; according to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, the placement in this family is uncertain.^[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Petrakiopeltis byrsonimae.

The genus name of Petrakiopeltis is in honour of Franz Petrak (1886–1973), who was an Austrian-Czech mycologist.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista, A. Fernandes Vital and Raffaele Ciferri in Ist. Bot. Univ. Lab. Crittog. Pavia Atti series 5, vol.15 on pages 42-44 in 1958.

References[edit]

^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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[1] Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.

[2] Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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