''Holmiella'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the order
Patellariales
The Patellariaceae are a family
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.
The genus name of ''Holmiella'' is in honour of Kerstin Holm (b.1924), a Swedish botanist (Mycology) who was married to architect Lennart Holm (1921 -
2012) and worked at
Uppsala University
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.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by Orlando Petrini, Gary Joseph Samuels and Emil Müller in Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. vol.89 on page 83 in 1979.
According to the
GBIF
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it has 6 species;
* ''Holmiella domackae''
* ''Holmiella juniperi-semiglobosae''
* ''Holmiella junipericola''
* ''Holmiella macrospora''
* ''Holmiella sabina''
* ''Holmiella taurus''
References
External links
Index Fungorum
Dothideomycetes enigmatic taxa
Dothideomycetes genera
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