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Berkleasmium

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Berkleasmium
Berkleasmium concinnum
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Berkleasmium

Zobel, 1854

Berkleasmium is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Dematiaceae.

The genus name of Berkleasmium is in honour of 2 people (Berkley and Lea), Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803 - 1889), an English cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology and also Thomas Gibson Lea (1785–1844), who was an American botanist.[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Johann Baptista Zobel in Icon. (Corda) vol.6 n page 4 in 1854.

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  1. ^ 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.