Backusellaceae
Backusella westeae Urquhart & Douch , legitimate, scientific
Urquhart, A.S., Douch, J.K., Heafield, T.A., Buddie, A.G. & Idnurm, A. (21 September 2020), Diversity of Backusella (Mucoromycotina) in south-eastern Australia revealed through polyphasic taxonomy. Persoonia 46: 22, fig. 24 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Typus. Australia, Victoria, Tarra-Bulga National Park, isolated as a contaminant during attempts to culture Laccaria species from freshly collected sporocarps (holotype MEL 2417242, dried culture on filter paper, National Herbarium of Victoria, Victoria, culture ex-type UoMAU4, JMRC SF014021)."
  • Text: DNA sequence: from culture ex-type: GenBank MK958796 (LSU), MK959061 (ITS), MK982268 (argA).
  • Text: identifier: MB 831155
  • Etymology: "In honour of mycologist Gretna Weste (Linden 2007)."
AusFungi (2023), AusFungi: - FungI [secondary reference]