Massariola Explained

Massariola is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).^[1] The genus was first described by German lichenologist Wilhelm Füisting in 1868.

The genus name of Massariola is in honour of Giuseppe Filippo Massara (1792-1839), who was an Italian doctor and botanist, working in Sondrio.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Wilhelm Füisting in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) vol.26 on page 417 in 1868.

See also

• List of Dothideomycetes genera incertae sedis

Notes and References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. . December 2007 . Outline of Ascomycota  - 2007 . Myconet . 13 . 1 - 58 . The Field Museum, Department of Botany . Chicago, USA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp . 2009-03-18 .
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.