Marssonina

Marssonina
Marssonina betulae from Commanster, Belgium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Subdivision:
Pezizomycotina
Class:
Leotiomycetes
Order:
Helotiales
Family:
Dermateaceae
Genus:
Marssonina

Magnus 1906
Species

See text.

Marssonina is a genus of fungi in the family Dermateaceae.[1]

The genus name of Marssonina is in honour of Theodor Friedrich Marsson (1816–1892), who was a German pharmacist and botanist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Paul Wilhelm Magnus in Hedwigia vol.45 on page 89 in 1906.

  1. ^ "Index Fungorum".
  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.