Clauzadella is a genus of fungi in the family Verrucariaceae.[1] A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Clauzadella gordensis, discovered in France and described as new to science in 1996 by Pere Navarro-Rosinés and Claude Roux.[2]

Clauzadella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Verrucariales
Family: Verrucariaceae
Genus: Clauzadella
Nav.-Ros. & Cl.Roux (1996)
Species:
C. gordensis
Binomial name
Clauzadella gordensis
Nav.-Ros. & Cl.Roux (1996)

The genus name Clauzadella honours F.J. Georges Clauzade (1914–2002), a French teacher and botanist (Mycology and Lichenology).[3]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Navarro-Rosinés, Pere; Roux, Claude (1996). "Clauzadella gordensis gen. et sp. nov., non-lichenized lichenicolous Ascomycetes (Verrucariales, Verrucariaceae)". Canadian Journal of Botany. 74 (9): 1533–1538. doi:10.1139/b96-183.
  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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.