Gamsiella

Gamsiella is a fungal genus in the Mortierellaceae family of the Zygomycota. The genus is monotypic,[2] containing the single species Gamsiella multidivaricata, found in the United States.[3]

Gamsiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Zygomycota
Subdivision:
Mucoromycotina
Order:
Mortierellales
Family:
Mortierellaceae
Genus:
Gamsiella

(R.K.Benj.) Benny & M.Blackw. (2004)
Type species
Gamsiella multidivaricata
(R.K.Benj.) Benny & M.Blackw. (2004)
Synonyms[1]

Mortierella subgen. Gamsiella R.K.Benj. (1978)

The genus name of Gamsiella is in honour of Konrad Walter Gams (1934 - 2017), who was an Austrian botanist and scientist.[4]

The genus was circumscribed by Gerald Leonard Benny and Meredith Blackwell in Mycologia Vol.96 (Issue 1) on page 147 in 2004.[5]

References
  1. "Gamsiella (R.K. Benj.) Benny & M. Blackw. 2004". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Benny GL, Blackwell M (2004). "Lobosporangium, a new name for Echinosporangium Malloch, and Gamsiella, a new genus for Mortierella multidivaricata". Mycologia. 96 (1): 143–9. doi:10.2307/3761995. JSTOR 3761995. PMID 21148836.
  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.
  5. "Gamsiella (R.K.Benjamin) G.L.Benny & M.Blackwell, 2004". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 March 2022.


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