Muelleromyces is a monotypic genus of fungi in the family Phyllachoraceae.[1] It only contains one known species; Muelleromyces indicus Kamat & Anahosur.[2]

Muelleromyces
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Phyllachorales
Family: Phyllachoraceae
Genus: Muelleromyces
Kamat & Anahosur
Type species
Muelleromyces indicus
Kamat & Anahosur

The genus name of Muelleromyces is in honour of Emil Müller (1920–2008), who was a Swiss mycologist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Madhav Narayan Kamat and K.H. Anahosur in Experientia vol.24 on page 849 in 1968.

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.
  2. "Muelleromyces M.N.Kamat & K.H.Anahosur, 1968". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  3. 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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