Emericella

Emericella is a genus of fungi.

Emericella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Eurotiomycetes
Order:
Eurotiales
Family:
Trichocomaceae
Genus:
Emericella

The genus name of Emericella is in honour of Emeric Streatfield Berkeley (1834 - 1898), a British Lieutnant/Major General who served in India.[1] He was also a botanist.[2]

Bio-active isolates called stromemycin have been found in marine Emericella. Stromemycin is a C-glycosidic depside matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor.[3]

Species

Emericella acristata[4]
Emericella appendiculata[4]
Emericella astellata[4]
Emericella bicolor[4]
Emericella cleistominuta[4]
Emericella corrugata[4]
Emericella dentata[4]
Emericella desertorum[4]
Emericella discophora[4]
Emericella echinulata[4]
Emericella falconensis[4]
Emericella filifera[4]
Emericella foeniculicola[4]
Emericella foveolata[4]
Emericella indica[4]
Emericella miyajii[4]
Emericella montenegroi[4]
Emericella navahoensis[4]
Emericella olivicola
Emericella omanensis[4]
Emericella pluriseminata[4]
Emericella purpurea[4]
Emericella qinqixianii[4]
Emericella similis[4]
Emericella spectabilis[4]
Emericella stella-maris[4]
Emericella striata[4]
Emericella sublata[4]
Emericella undulata[4]
Emericella venezuelensis[4]
Emericella violacea[4]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Berkeley, Emeric Streatfield | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. Bringmann, Gerhard; Lang, Gerhard; Steffens, Stefan; Günther, Eckhard; Schaumann, Karsten (June 2003). "Evariquinone, isoemericellin, and stromemycin from a sponge derived strain of the fungus Emericella variecolor". Phytochemistry. 63 (4): 437–443. doi:10.1016/s0031-9422(03)00189-4. ISSN 0031-9422. PMID 12770594.
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