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Genus: | Muellerites L. Holm
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Muellerites juniperi (E. Müll. & Arx) L. Holm
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Muellerites is a genus of fungi in the class Dothideomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ( incertae sedis). [1] A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Muellerites juniperi. [2]
The genus name of Muellerites is in honour of Emil Müller (1920–2008), who was a Swiss mycologist. [3]
The genus was circumscribed by Lennart Holm in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. vol.62 on page 231 in 1968.