''Jattaea'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Calosphaeriaceae.
The genus name of ''Jattaea'' is in honour of
Antonio Jatta (1852–1912), who was an Italian politician and lichenologist..
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by
Augusto Napoleone Berlese
Augusto Napoleone Berlese (21 October 1864, in Padua – 26 January 1903, in Milan) was an Italian botanist and mycologist. He was the brother of entomologist Antonio Berlese 1863–1927, with whom he founded the journal ''Rivista di patologi ...
in Icon. Fung. vol.3 on page 6 in 1900.
Species
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Jattaea algeriensis''
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Jattaea berlesiana''
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Jattaea brevirostris''
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Jattaea ceanothina''
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Jattaea cornina''
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Jattaea curvicolla''
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Jattaea faginea''
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Jattaea herbicola''
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Jattaea leucospermi''
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Jattaea microtheca''
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Jattaea mookgoponga''
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Jattaea pleurostoma''
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Jattaea prunicola''
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Jattaea spermatozoides''
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Jattaea stachybotryoides''
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Jattaea villosa''
References
External links
Sordariomycetes genera
Calosphaeriales
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