Montagnula is a genus of fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae. The genus, circumscribed by mycologist Augusto Napoleone Berlese in 1896,[1] contains an estimated 24 species in 2008, but is probably polyphyletic as currently circumscribed.[2] It was originally placed in family Montagnulaceae,[3] before that family was dissolved and it was later placed in family Didymosphaeriaceae,[4] with 34 species (in 2023).[5]

Montagnula
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Montagnula

Berl. (1896)
Type species
Montagnula infernalis
(Niessl) Berl. (1896)

The genus name of Montagnula is in honour of Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne (1784–1866), who was a French military physician and botanist who specialized in the fields of bryology and mycology.[6]

Species edit

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[5]

Former species;[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Berlese AN. (1896). Icones Fungorum. Pyrenomycetes. p. 68.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 438. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  4. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  5. ^ a b c "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Montagnula". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  6. ^ 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.