Pirottaea Explained
Pirottaea is a genus of fungi in the family Dermateaceae.[1] The genus contained 26 species in 2009.[2] It went up to about 48 species later.
The genus name of Pirottaea is in honour of Pietro Romualdo Pirotta (1853–1936), who was an Italian professor of botany. He was made Knight of the Crown of Italy.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in Michelia vl.1 (Issue 4) on page 424 in 1878.
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;[4]
- Pirottaea absinthiicola
- Pirottaea aconiti
- Pirottaea adenostylidis
- Pirottaea astragali
- Pirottaea aterrima
- Pirottaea atrofusca
- Pirottaea bavarica
- Pirottaea bresadolae
- Pirottaea brevipila
- Pirottaea bromeliacearum
- Pirottaea caesiella
- Pirottaea corvina
- Pirottaea dubia
- Pirottaea exilispora
- Pirottaea falcata
- Pirottaea fraxini
- Pirottaea frondicola
- Pirottaea gallica
- Pirottaea geraniicola
- Pirottaea glaucoviridis
- Pirottaea helvetica
- Pirottaea hydrangeae
- Pirottaea imbricata
- Pirottaea inopinata
- Pirottaea intercedens
- Pirottaea lamii
- Pirottaea longipila
- Pirottaea lychnidis
- Pirottaea malvae
- Pirottaea microspora
- Pirottaea mimatensis
- Pirottaea nigrostriata
- Pirottaea paupercula
- Pirottaea persica
- Pirottaea pilosissima
- Pirottaea plantaginis
- Pirottaea saxonica
- Pirottaea scabiosicola
- Pirottaea scruposa
- Pirottaea senecionis
- Pirottaea strigosa
- Pirottaea symphyti
- Pirottaea tentaculata
- Pirottaea trichostoma
- Pirottaea uliginosa
- Pirottaea veneta
- Pirottaea versicolor
- Pirottaea yakutatiana
See also
Notes and References
- 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 . March 18, 2009 .
- Book: Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA . Dictionary of the Fungi . limited . 10th . CABI . Wallingford . 2008. 0-85199-826-7. 539.
- 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.
- Web site: Pirottaea - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 10 September 2022.
