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Pestalopezia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Helotiales
Family:	Helotiaceae
Genus:	Pestalopezia Seaver (1942)
Type species
Pestalopezia brunneopruinosa (Zeller) Seaver (1942)
Species
P. brunneopruinosa P. rhododendri P. tsugae

Pestalopezia is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae. The genus contains three species.

The genus name of Pestalopezia is in honour of Fortunato Pestalozza (died 1878), who was an Italian botanist and doctor who worked in Constantinople and Antalya.

The genus was circumscribed by Fred Jay Seaver in Mycologia vol.34 (Issue 3) on page 300 in 1942.

References

1. Seaver, Fred J. (1942). "Photographs and Descriptions of Cup-Fungi: XXXVI. A New Species and Genus". Mycologia. 34 (3): 298–301. doi:10.2307/3754642. JSTOR 3754642.
2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 510. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
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. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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