Fungi Australian Fungi Name Index (AFNI)

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Bulleribasidiaceae Xin Zhan Liu, F.Y.Bai, M.Groenew. & Boekhout
Dioszegia mirkae Y.P.Tan, Bishop-Hurley & R.G.Shivas , legitimate, scientific
Tan, Y.P. & Shivas, R.G. (27 December 2024), Index of Australian Fungi 49: 7 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Australia, Queensland, Brisbane, isolated from a parasitic lichen on a leaf of Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae), Sep. 2024, Y.P. Tan & R.G. Shivas (holotype BRIP 76712a permanently preserved in a metabolically inactive state)."
  • Text: identifier: IF 903230
  • Text: DNA sequences: from ex-type culture: GenBank PQ806953 (ITS), and PQ792644 (LSU).
  • Etymology: "Named after Mirka Miller (née Koutova; 1949−2016), a mathematician and computer scientist, who specialised in graph theory and combinatorial algorithms. As a university student, Mirka Miller also played for the Australian women’s national volleyball team."
AusFungi (2025), AusFungi: - AFL [secondary reference]

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