Aldona (fungus)

Aldona is a genus of fungi in the family Parmulariaceae.[1]

Aldona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Dothideomycetes
Subclass:
Dothideomycetidae
Order:
Incertae sedis
Family:
Parmulariaceae
Genus:
Aldona

Racib.
Type species
Aldona stella-nigra
Racib.

The genus was circumscribed by Marjan Raciborski in Parasit. Algen Pilze Java's vol.1 on page 19 in 1900.

The genus name of Aldona is in honour of Aldona of Lithuania (c. 1309–1339), who was Queen consort of Poland (1333–1339), and a princess of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. She was the daughter of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania.[2]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[3]

  • Aldona americana Petr. & Cif. (1932)
  • Aldona minima E. Müll. & B.V. Patil (1973)
  • Aldona stella-nigra Racib. (1900)
  • Aldonata pterocarpi Sivan. & A.R.P. Sinha (1989)

References
  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. 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.
  3. "Aldona - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 26 December 2022.


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