Bagadiella koalae Crous, Pascoe, I.J.Porter & Jacq.Edwards , legitimate, scientific
Crous, P.W., Groenewald, J.Z., Shivas, R.G. et al. (2011), Fungal Planet Description Sheets: 69-91. Persoonia 26: 127 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Typus. Australia, Victoria, Otway Ranges, Kennett River, Great Ocean Road, on leaves of Eucalyptus globulus eaten by koala, 18 Oct. 2009, P.W. Crous, I.G. Pascoe, I.J. Porter & J. Edwards, holotype CBS H-20583, cultures ex-type CPC 17682 = CBS 129523 ..."
  • Text: identifier: MB 560166
  • Text: DNA sequence: from culture ex-type: GenBank JF951142 (ITS), JF951162 (LSU).
  • Text: Fungal Planet description sheet 77, with authors indicated as “Crous, P.W., Groenewald, J.Z., Pascoe, I.G., Porter, I.J. & Edwards, J.”
  • Etymology: "Named after the koala that was observed eating these Eucalyptus globulus leaves."
Barber, P.A., Crous, P.W., Groenewald, J.Z. et al. (5 December 2011), Reassessing Vermisporium (Amphisphaeriaceae), a genus of foliar pathogens of eucalypts. Persoonia 27: 144 [secondary reference]
AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - FungI [secondary reference]