Biology:Briosia

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Short description: Genus of fungi


Briosia ampelophaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Ascomycetes
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Genus:
Briosia

Cavara, 1888[1]
Species
  • Briosia ampelophaga[2]
  • Briosia microspore[3]
  • Briosia platoniae[4]

Briosia is a genus of ascomycete fungi.[5] The known members of the genus are plant pathogens.[6]

The genus name of Briosia is in honour of Giovanni Briosi (1846-1919), an Italian engineer and botanist from the University of Pavia.[7]

The genus was circumscribed by Fridiano Cavara in Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia ser.2, Vol.1 on page 321 in 1888.

See also

  • List of Ascomycota genera incertae sedis

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10435638 entry