''Servaziella'' is a genus of fungi within the class

Sordariomycetes Sordariomycetes is a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota), consisting of 28 orders, 90 families, 1344 genera. Sordariomycetes is from the Latin sordes (filth) because some species grow in animal feces, though growth habit ...

. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis''). It has one known species ''Servazziella longispora'' , Can. J. Bot. 65(7): 1334 (1987). The genus name of ''Servaziella'' is in honour of Ottone Servazzi (1902–1986), who was an Italian

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

, Lichenologist and

mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, their Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ethnomycology, their use to humans, including as a so ...

and Plantpathologist from the University of Turin.

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