Cainiella

Cainiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Diaporthales
Family:	Sydowiellaceae
Genus:	Cainiella; E.Müll. (1957)
Type species
	Cainiella johansonii; (Rehm) E.Müll. (1957)
Species
	C. borealis M.E. Barr (1959); C. johansonii (Rehm) E. Müll. (1957)

Cainiella is a genus of fungi in the family Sordariaceae.^[1]

The genus name of Cainiella is in honour of Roy Franklin Cain (1906 - 1998), a Canadian botanist and Professor in Toronto.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Emil Müller in Sydowia Vol.10 on page 120 in 1957.

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^ 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.