Peyronellaea Explained

Peyronellaea is a genus of fungi in the family Didymellaceae. It contains a number of plant pathogens.

The genus name of Peyronellaea is in honour of Beniamino Peyronel (1890-1975), who was an Italian botanist (Mycology and Lichenology) from the University of Turin.^[1] The genus was circumscribed by Gabriele Goidànich in Atti Accad. Naz. Lincei, Rendiconti Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat.ser.8, vol.1 on page 450 in 1946.

Taxonomy

Following a phylogenetic analysis of the asexual genus Phoma, section Peyronellaea was raised to the rank of genus. It contains many of the chlamydospore forming species of that genus, from both section Peyronellaea and other sections.^[2]

Species as accepted by Species Fungorum;^[3]

• Peyronellaea calorpreferens (Boerema, Gruyter & Noordel.) Aveskamp, Gruyter & Verkley (2010)
• Peyronellaea cincta (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Goid. (1952)
• Peyronellaea consors (Schulzer & Sacc.) Goid. (1952)
• Peyronellaea eucalyptica (Sacc.) Aveskamp, Gruyter & Verkley (2010)
• Peyronellaea fictilis (Delacr.) Goid. (1952)
• Peyronellaea lethalis (Ellis & Barthol.) Aveskamp, Gruyter & Verkley (2010)
• Peyronellaea nainiensis
• Peyronellaea nicotiae
• Peyronellaea nigricans
• Peyronellaea obtusa
• Peyronellaea pruni-avium (Allesch.) Goid. (1952)
• Peyronellaea ruptilis Kusnezowa (1971)
• Peyronellaea sibirica Kusnezowa (1971)
• Peyronellaea stemphylioides
• Peyronellaea veronensis
• Peyronellaea zhdanovae

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Aveskamp. M.M.. de Gruyter. J.. Woudenberg. J.H.C.. Verkley. G.J.M.. Crous. P.W. . Highlights of the Didymellaceae: A polyphasic approach to characterise Phoma and related pleosporalean genera. Studies in Mycology. 2010. 65. 1–60. 10.3114/sim.2010.65.01. 20502538. 2836210.
3. Web site: Species Fungorum - Search Page - Peyronellaea . www.speciesfungorum.org . 26 July 2023.