Burgella is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Clavulinaceae. The genus is
monotypic,[1] containing the single species Burgella flavoparmeliae, described in 2007.[2]
The genus name of Burgella is in honour of Pietro Benedetto Luigi Burgo (1876-1964), an Italian electrical and industrial engineer.[3]
The genus was
circumscribed by Paul Diederich and James D. Lawrey in Biblioth. Lichenol. Vol.107 on page 22 in 2007.
^Diederich P, Lawrey JD (2007). "New lichenicolous, muscicolous, corticolous and lignicolous taxa of Burgoa s. l. and Marchandiomyces s. l. (anamorphic Basidiomycota), a new genus for Omphalina foliacea, and a catalogue and a key to the non-lichenized, bulbilliferous basidiomycetes". Mycological Progress. 6 (2): 61–80.
doi:
10.1007/s11557-007-0523-3.
S2CID2471396.