''Dennisiella'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
in the family
Coccodiniaceae
The Coccodiniaceae are a family of fungi in the order Chaetothyriales. The family was circumscribed in 1918 by Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel as "Coccodiniaceen" (an invalid naming according to the rules of fungal taxonomy), the family was rename ...
. It has 9 species.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by mycologists
Augusto Chaves Batista Augusto Chaves Batista (15 June 1916 – 30 November 1967) was a Brazilian mycologist. He published more than 600 research papers, either alone or in collaboration with others. At the time of his death at the age of 51, Batista was the director of ...
and
Raffaele Ciferri
Raffaele Ciferri (30 May 1897, Fermo – 12 February 1964, Pavia) was an Italian botanist, agriculturalist and mycologist.
He studied agricultural sciences at the University of Bologna. From 1925 to 1932, he was based in the Dominican Republic ...
in 1962, with ''
Dennisiella babingtonii'' designated as the
type species
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. The generic name honours British mycologist
R. W. G. Dennis
Richard William George Dennis, PhD (13 July 1910 – 7 June 2003), was an English mycologist and plant pathologist.
Background and education
Dennis was born in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, the son of a schoolmaster. He was educated at Thornbury ...
.
Fungi in this genus are epifoliar; that is, they live on living plant surfaces, particularly leaves.
Species
*''
Dennisiella asetosa''
– Australia
*''
Dennisiella babingtonii''
*''
Dennisiella caucasica''
*''
Dennisiella coussapoae
''Dennisiella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Coccodiniaceae. It has 9 species. The genus was circumscribed by mycologists Augusto Chaves Batista and Raffaele Ciferri in 1962, with '' Dennisiella babingtonii'' designated as the type species. ...
''
– Brazil (host: ''
Coussapoa floccosa
''Coussapoa'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Urticaceae.
Its native range is Mexico, Central & Southern Tropical America.
Species:
*'' Coussapoa angustifolia''
*'' Coussapoa arachnoidea''
*''Coussapoa argentea''
*'' ...
'')
*''
Dennisiella ekmanii''
*''
Dennisiella fusispora'' – Australia
*''
Dennisiella longispora''
– Cuba (host: ''
Zanthoxylum martinicense
''Zanthoxylum martinicense'', the Martinique prickly ash, white pricklyash, or ''espino rubial'', is an evergreen tree with pinnately compound leaves and thick conical spines on its bark. It grows up to 20 m tall. Male and female flowers are on s ...
'')
*''
Dennisiella setosa''
*''
Dennisiella theae''
References
Eurotiomycetes
Eurotiomycetes genera
Taxa described in 1962
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