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Godronia

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Godronia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Helotiaceae
Genus: Godronia
Moug. & Lév.
Type species
Godronia muehlenbeckii
Moug. & Lév.

Godronia is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae.[1] The genus contains 27 species.[2]

The genus name of Godronia is in honour of Dominique Alexandre Godron (1807-1880), who was a French physician, botanist, geologist and speleologist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Jean Baptiste Mougeot and Joseph Henri Léveillé in Consid. Gen. Veg. Vosges on page 355 in 1846.

Species

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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. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 288. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  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.