Venturiocistella

Venturiocistella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Subdivision:
Pezizomycotina
Class:
Leotiomycetes
Order:
Helotiales
Family:
Hyphodiscaceae
Genus:
Venturiocistella

Raitv.
Type species
Venturiocistella venturioides
(Sacc. & Roum.) Raitv.

Venturiocistella is a genus of fungi within the Hyphodiscaceae family.[1] The genus contained seven species (in 2008).[2] Then 8 species in 2022.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Ain Gustavovich Raitviir in Sist. Rasprostranenie Gribov vol.155. 1978 (Acad. Sci. Eston. SSR) based on an earlier description in Syll. Fung. vol.8 on page 388 in 1889 by Pier Andrea Saccardo and Lars Romell (and named Pirottaea venturioides Sacc. & Romell.

The genus name of Venturiocistella is in honour of Carlo Antonio Maria Venturi (1805–1864), who was an Italian mycologist.[4]

  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 722. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fungorum was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ 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.