Fungi Australian Fungi Name Index (AFNI)

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Dactylaria mavisleverae Y.P.Tan, Bishop-Hurley & Marney , legitimate, scientific
Tan, Y.P. & Shivas, R.G. (9 October 2024), Index of Australian Fungi 46: 3 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Australia, Queensland, Brisbane, phylloplane of unidentified ornamental plant, Jan. 2024, T.S. Marney (holotype BRIP 76362a permanently preserved in a metabolically inactive state)."
  • Text: identifier: IF 902836
  • Text: DNA sequences: from ex-type culture: GenBank PQ431206 (ITS), and PQ431199 (LSU).
  • Etymology: "Named after Mavis Lilian Batey (née Lever; 1921−2013), who operated codebreaking machines that deciphered encrypted messages at Bletchley Park, England, during World War II. Mavis Batey later became a historian of gardening, and in 1987 was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her work on the conservation of gardens."
AusFungi (2025), AusFungi: - AFL [secondary reference]

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