Gregorella is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Arctomiaceae.[2] This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Gregorella humida.[3]

Gregorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Baeomycetales
Family: Arctomiaceae
Genus: Gregorella
Lumbsch (2005)
Species:
G. humida
Binomial name
Gregorella humida
(Kullh.) Lumbsch (2005)
Synonyms[1]
  • Biatora humida Kullh. (1871)
  • Lecidea humida (Kullh.) Th.Fr. (1874)
  • Moelleropsis humida (Kullh.) Coppins & P.M.Jørg. (1993)
  • Pannularia humida (Kullh.) Vain. (1934)

The genus and species were circumscribed by Helge Thorsten Lumbsch in Lichenologist vol.37 on page 298 in 2005.[1]

The genus name of Gregorella is in honour of Dieter Gregor Zimmermann (b.1942), a German musician and (amateur) Lichenologist. "The new genus is described in honour of Dieter Gregor Zimmermann (Düsseldorf) who first introduced HTL to this fascinating lichen in the field."[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Synonymy: Gregorella humida (Kullh.) Lumbsch, in Lumbsch, Prado & Kantvilas, Lichenologist 37(4): 300 (2005)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. ^ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378.
  3. ^ Lumbsch, H. Thorsten; del Prado, Ruth; Kantvilas, Gintaras (2005). "Gregorella, a new genus to accommodate Moelleropsis humida and a molecular phylogeny of Arctomiaceae". The Lichenologist. 37 (4): 291–302. doi:10.1017/S002428290501532X. S2CID 85723983.
  4. ^ 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.