Clavicipitaceae
Aschersonia mackerrasiae Y.P.Tan, R.G.Shivas, Abell, Hywel-Jones & Marney , legitimate, scientific
Crous, P.W., Osieck, E.R., Shivas, R.G. et al. (29 June 2023), Fungal Planet description sheets: 1478-1549. Persoonia 50: 219, "Colour illustrations" [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Typus. Australia, Queensland, Lacey Creek, on whitefly, 7 June 2015, S.E. Abell, T.S. Marney, M.D.E. & R.G. Shivas (holotype BRIP 62731a, includes ex-type culture; ... )"
  • Text: identifier: MB 846892
  • Text: DNA sequences: from culture ex-holotype: GenBank OP793808 (LSU), OP797905 (rpb2), OP797910 (tef1α).
  • Text: Fungal Planet description sheet 1506, with authors indicated as “Tan, Y.P., Marney, T.S., Hywel-Jones, N., Abell, S.E. & Shivas, R.G.”
  • Etymology: "Named after Mabel Josephine (Jo) Mackerras (née Bancroft) (1896 –1971), an Australian zoologist, entomologist and parasitologist. Jo Mackerras studied fly-borne diseases in cattle and fatal epizootics in fresh-water fish; led pioneering research into malaria control; and made major contributions to the study of parasites in Australian marsupials. In her retirement, Jo Mackerras began a detailed study of Australian cockroaches, and helped establish the Marine Research Station on Heron Island."
AusFungi (2023), AusFungi: - FungI [secondary reference]