Genus of fungi
| Hesseltinella | |
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| Hesseltinella vesiculosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Class: | Mucoromycetes |
| Order: | Mucorales |
| Family: | Cunninghamellaceae |
| Genus: | Hesseltinella H.P.Upadhyay, 1970 |
Hesseltinella is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Cunninghamellaceae.
The genus name of Hesseltinella is in honour of Clifford William Hesseltine (1917–1999), who was an American botanist (Mycology), Microbiologist, from the University of Wisconsin.
The genus was circumscribed by Harbansh Prasad Upadhyay in Persoonia vol.6 (issue 1) on pages 111, 116-117 in 1970.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
It has one known species; Hesseltinella vesiculosa H.P.Upadhyay
References
- ^ "Hesseltinella H.P.Upadhyay, 1970". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- 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 27 January 2022.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Hesseltinella | |