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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Mucoromycota |
| Class: | Mortierellomycetes |
| Order: | Mortierellales |
| Family: | Mortierellaceae |
| Genus: | Aquamortierella Embree & Indoh (1967) |
| Species: | A. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Aquamortierella elegans Embree & Indoh (1967) | |
Aquamortierella is a fungal genus in the family Mortierellaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Aquamortierella elegans, found in New Zealand and Japan.
The genus name of Aquamortierella is in honour of Barthélemy Dumortier (1797–1878), who was a Belgian who conducted a parallel career of botanist and Member of Parliament.
The genus was circumscribed by Robert W. Embree and Hiroharu Indoh in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club Vol.94 (Issue 6) on pages 464–467 in 1967.
References
- Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- Embree RW, Indoh H (1967). "Aquamortierella, a new genus in the Mucorales". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 94 (6): 464–7. doi:10.2307/2483563. JSTOR 2483563.
- 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. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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