Peyritschiella
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| Peyritschiella curvata Thaxt. | |
Peyritschiella is a genus of fungi in the family Laboulbeniaceae. The genus contain 47 species.
The genus name of Peyritschiella is in honour of Johann Joseph Peyritsch (1835–1889), who was an Austrian physician and botanist born in Völkermarkt.
The genus was circumscribed by Roland Thaxter in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. vol.25 on page 8 in 1890.