Burgella is a genus of fungi in the family Clavulinaceae. The genus is monotypic,[1] containing the single species Burgella flavoparmeliae, described in 2007.[2]

Burgella
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Burgella

Diederich & Lawrey (2007)
Type species
Burgella flavoparmeliae
Diederich & Lawrey (2007)

The genus name of Burgella is in honour of Pietro Benedetto Luigi Burgo (1876-1964), an Italian electrical and industrial engineer.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Paul Diederich and James D. Lawrey in Biblioth. Lichenol. Vol.107 on page 22 in 2007.

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  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Diederich P, Lawrey JD (2007). "New lichenicolous, muscicolous, corticolous and lignicolous taxa of Burgoa s. l. and Marchandiomyces s. l. (anamorphic Basidiomycota), a new genus for Omphalina foliacea, and a catalogue and a key to the non-lichenized, bulbilliferous basidiomycetes". Mycological Progress. 6 (2): 61–80. doi:10.1007/s11557-007-0523-3. S2CID 2471396.
  3. ^ 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.
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