Delpontia

Delpontia is a genus of fungi within the family Stictidaceae.

It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Delpontia pulchella.

[1] The genus name of Delpontia is in honour of Giovanni Battista Delponte (1812-1884), who was an Italian botanist and Professor of Botany in Turin.

[2] The genus was circumscribed by Albert Julius Otto Penzig and Pier Andrea Saccardo in Malpighia Vol.15 on page 220 in 1901.

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