Grovesiella is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae.[2] The genus contains three species.[3]

Grovesiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Helotiaceae
Genus: Grovesiella
M.Morelet (1969)[1]
Type species
Grovesiella abieticola
(Zeller & Goodd.) M.Morelet & Gremmen (1969)

The genus name of Grovesiella is in honour of James Walton Groves (1906-1970), who was a Canadian mycologist.[4]

The genus was circumscribed by Michel Morelet in Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Archéol. Toulon & Var vol.185 on page 8 in 1969.

References

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  1. ^ Morelet M. (1969). "Grovesiella gen. nov". Bulletin de la Société des Sciences naturelles et d'Archéologie de Toulon et du Var. 185: 8.
  2. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  3. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 294. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.