Horakiella is a genus of fungi within the Sclerodermataceae family that contains the two species H. clelandii and H. watarrkana.[1]

Horakiella
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Horakiella

Castellano & Trappe
Type species
Horakiella clelandii
(Rodway) Castellano & Trappe

The genus name of Horakiella is in honour of Egon Horak (born 1937), an Austrian mycologist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed in 1992 by Michael A. Castellano and James Martin Trappe in Austral. Syst. Bot., vol.5, on page 641.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Mycobank: Horakiella
  2. ^ 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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