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Leveillella

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Leveillella
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Leveillella

Theiss. & Syd.
Type species
Leveillella drimydis

Leveillella is a genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Leveillella drimydis (Lév.) Theiss. & Syd.[1]

The genus name of Leveillella is in honour of Joseph-Henri Léveillé (1796–1870), who was a French physician and mycologist.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Ferdinand Theissen and Hans Sydow in Ann. Mycol. vol.13 on page 284 in 1915.

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  1. ^ "Leveillella drimydis (Lév.) Theiss. & Syd". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ 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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