''Molleriella'' is a genus 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
Elsinoaceae
Elsinoaceae is a family (biology), family of sac fungus, sac fungi, widely distributed in the tropics. A poorly known family, it includes some species that been identified as economically significant plant pathogens, in particular of citrus.
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The genus name of ''Molleriella'' is in honour of Adolfo Frederico Möller (1842-1920), who was a Portuguese botanist, who was a gardener and then Inspector of the Botanical Garden in
Coimbra
Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of .
The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto, and Bra ...
.
The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
by
Heinrich Georg Winter
Heinrich Georg Winter (1 October 1848, Leipzig – 16 August 1887) was a German mycologist.
Beginning in 1870, he studied natural sciences at the Universities of Leipzig, Munich and Halle, obtaining his habilitation in 1875 from the Polytec ...
in Bol. Soc. Brot. vol.4 on page 199 in 1886.
References
Myriangiales
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