Roumegueriella Explained

Roumegueriella is a genus of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes.^[1] It consists of three species.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Carlos Luis Spegazzini in Rev. Mycol. vol.2 on page 18 in 1880.

The genus name of Roumegueriella is in honour of Casimir Roumeguère (1828–1892), who was a French botanist and mycologist.^[3]

Species

• Roumegueriella muricospora
• Roumegueriella pulchella
• Roumegueriella rufula

Former species; Roumegueriella handelii = Neozythia handelii^[4]

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 .
2. Book: Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA . Dictionary of the Fungi . 10th . CAB International . Wallingford, UK . 2008 . 608 . 0-85199-826-7.
3. 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.
4. Web site: Roumegueriella - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 5 October 2022.