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Massarina
Sign in to saveMassarina is a genus of fungi in the Massarinaceae family. Anamorph forms of species in Massarina include Acrocalymma, Ceratophoma, and Tetraploa. Massarina was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1883. The widespread genus contains about 100 species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassDothideomycetes
- OrderPleosporales
- FamilyMassarinaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 110
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Massarinaceae
- Collections
- MICH, UPS, F, ILLS, CUP, UFPE
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden, Venezuela, Brasil, Australia, France, Trinidad And Tobago, Martinique
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Massarina is a genus of fungi in the Massarinaceae family. Anamorph forms of species in Massarina include Acrocalymma, Ceratophoma, and Tetraploa. Massarina was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1883. The widespread genus contains about 100 species.
The genus name of Massarina is in honour of Giuseppe Filippo Massara (1792-1839), who was an Italian doctor and botanist, working in Sondrio.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Massarina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.