Cavaraella is a genus of fungi in the Rhytismatales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.[1] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Cavaraella micraspis.

Cavaraella
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Cavaraella

(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Speg.
Type species
Cavaraella micraspis
(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Speg.

The genus name of Cavaraella is in honour of Fridiano Cavara (1857 - 1929), an Italian botanist (Mycology), Professor of Botany and Director at the University of Catania.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Carlos Luis Spegazzini in Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Vol.26 on page 396 in 1923.

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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. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  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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