Moelleriella is a genus of fungi within the family Clavicipitaceae.[1]

Moelleriella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Moelleriella
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Type species
Moelleriella sulphurea
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Synonyms
  • Fleischeria Penz. & Sacc. (1902) [1901]
  • Hemimyriangium J. Reid & Piroz. (1966)
  • Moelleria Bres. (1896)

The genus name of Moelleriella is in honour of Friedrich Alfred Gustav Jobst Möller (1860-1922), who was a German botanist and mycologist, forestry scientist, who travelled and studied in the Diplomatic Service in Brazil.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Giacomo Bresadola in Syll. Fung. vol.14 on page 626 in 1899.

References

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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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