Dussiella is a genus of fungi within the family Clavicipitaceae.[1]

Dussiella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Dussiella
Pat.
Type species
Dussiella tuberiformis
(Berk. & Ravenel) Pat.
Synonyms
  • Echinodothis G.F. Atk. (1894)

The genus name of Dussiella is in honour of Antoine Duss (1840–1924), who was a Swiss botanist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France Vol.6 on page 107 in 1890.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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